Author: craigshields

I would bet a dollar against a nickel that the meme here is clickbait, and that this absurdly expensive solar/wind solution exists nowhere on Earth.

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“Thoughts from Aisle Four” is a blog written by a woman who goes by “marlene k f,” and, as we can see at left, she has a sharp, sardonic wit. The tragedy here is that there are tens of millions …

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The meme here offers a suggestion, and I’m sure it’s at least partially right. But let’s keep in mind that the United States has become a rogue nation more generally.  Our president has threated to use military force as necessary …

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As suggested at left, many Americans have a bizarre set of expectations regarding what it takes to make our country great again. Perhaps this is what has people around the world so perplexed about our situation here in the United …

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At left we see the messaging that is going out to recruit folks for ICE the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement arm of the Department of Homeland Security. Interesting use of language.  What exactly does “Defend your culture!” mean? I’m having …

Defend Your Culture! Read More »

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On social media we see lots of ideas like the one expressed at left. I reject most of them on the grounds that, for everything we add to high school curricula, we need to take something away, because there are …

Teaching Sustainability Read More »

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It would be interesting to know if Aldous Huxley was referring to anything specific in mind when he wrote these words about a century ago. At this point, they most certainly pertain to the state of environmental collapse that surrounds …

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From Robert F. Kennedy: Few will have the opportunity to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is …

From RFK — Sr. Read More »

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Good for Rebecca Helm, who created the meme here. Below is a bit about the SRY gene that she mentions.  It’s just a few lines long, but it’s sufficient to explain why homophobia is really for true morons.  It makes …

On Gender Read More »

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We really do have a weird phenomenon at work here in the United States. America has entire “news” channels that operate solely to deliver misinformation to people who are desperate to confirm certain of their beliefs as true.  

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