Author: craigshields

I would say that very close to 100% of progressives long for America of their youth; it’s hard to imagine a liberal who thinks our country’s cravings for ignorance and hate is a good thing. More interestingly, a great number …

American Nostaligia Read More »

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For a while, it appeared that the United States might be progressing beyond its ignorant “tough guy” ethos of Dirty Harry and moving towards an understanding and implementation of science in our culture. Then Trump came along and gave his …

American Ignorance Is Flourishing Read More »

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It’s not as if the United States has held the moral high ground throughout its history, with its slavery, the butchering of the Indians, Jim Crow, the support of tyrannical dictatorships around the globe, and the corrupt suppression of the …

The Catastrophic Shift in America’s Impact on the World Read More »

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Are you saying that Trump is defying the law, as if this is news? It happens almost every day.  

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Most people change their political ideologies as they go through life, experience new things, and continue to learn.  This is natural, and the vast majority of these folks are perfectly honest and sincere. On the other hand, there are people …

There Are Legitimate and Illegitimate Reasons to Shift One’s Political Views Read More »

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Far more important than any of this is the fact that Trump is the first overtly criminal president, with no regard for the law, who, remarkably, remains in office while violating the Constitution and committing treason on a daily basis. …

Trump Is the First President Who …. Read More »

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There really are threats to human civilization that seem to be mounting in intensity: • World fascism.  (If it can happen in the U.S., it could conceivably happen anywhere.) • Environmental collapse. • Malicious use of AI. • Pandemics, as …

We’re Running Out of Time Read More »

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Trump and his cabinet members are doing everything in their power to turn this nation into an idiocracy, but they’re running into headwinds in the form of federal judges.  

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As shown here, our Secretary of War has a new way to sell the illegal and pointless war in Iran to the most ignorant people in America. Predictably, the Pope is having none of this.      

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Obviously, James Carville has been wrong before, but it appears that he’s onto something here. An ever-increasing number of Americans are realizing that Trump is criminally insane, and is leading this nation to destruction.    

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