It’s great to see the new pope promoting kindness. This represents real change from the entire history of the church before Pope Francis came along in 2013.
Author: craigshields
Ending Medicaid Will Destroy Many Millions of American Lives
Actor and political activist George Takei writes: They are taking money from the poor to hand to the rich. We must reject the “Big Beautiful” Bullshit. Indeed we must. It’s shameful.
Hypocrisy on Family Values
At left is another good example of how the MAGA folks twist language for their own purposes of hate and ignorance.
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War
An ad from a shirt manufacturer called “Kosini.” Check this out! I think you’ll really dig this style. A great gift for yourself or someone special! My comment: It’s cute, but sorry, not for me. I don’t glorify war. In …
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Trump First
The words at left are from former Republican congressman Joe Walsh, and he’s precisely correct. That we live in a country where tens of millions of people can’t see that is just astounding.
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Redemption After Trump
Many progressives hope Trump somehow dies, though I’m not among them. The only path to redemption for this country, if it exists at all, is for the common citizen to realize that everything Trump stands for is distinctly unAmerican. This …
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Our Dominant Cultural Settings
What 20th Century French philosopher, historian, and political activist Michel Foucault (no relation to the 19th Century physicist Léon Foucault of pendulum fame) said here is entirely correct, and it’s what has made life in America so jarring over the …
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Understanding the MAGA Mindset
I don’t know how much scientific validity there is in the claim at left re: chemical addictions, but it’s at least partially true. That is, Trump’s behavior gives people of low moral character permission to behave poorly with respect to …
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Where There Is a Demand for Something, Regardless of How Asinine, Someone Will Come Along and Meet It
It’s easy to get angry about stupidity like this, but it’s part of the reality we are all living in the United States right now.
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Trump Is Despised, Both Domestically and Internationally, But Does that Concern Him?
Almost every day, Trump does something that is abhorrent to the world’s people, whether it pertains to cruel and self-defeating treatment of immigrants, violations of the rule of law, the destruction of the environment, the annexations of other countries, global …
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