Author: craigshields

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 …

Making America Great Again May Require Rethinking Certain Things Read More »

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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 …

Aldous Huxley on the Costs of Ignoring Reality Read More »

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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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To the reader who sent me the words at left: I appreciate your thinking of me but you’re incorrect in what you write here. There is nothing in the Constitution and its checks and balances that is even remotely based …

The U.S. System of Checks and Balances Read More »

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I hate to sound like a buzzkill, but I have a certain resentment of American society, and that resentment renews itself every time the National Football League has its first games of the late summer, and the sports networks welcome …

A Sad Confession Read More »

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I just met a senior consultant to FEMA, which gave me the opportunity to gain perspective on Trump’s attempt to move the agency from the federal government and into the states.  He explained that there are three reasons why this …

Changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency? Read More »

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