The mural here reminds us of what Tom Joad famously tells his mother at the end of in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, in response to her asking Tom where he’s going: Wherever people are fighting for their rights, …
Author: craigshields
Maybe Religion Is Here to Stay
What the late Frank Zappa said here about atheism is what I began predicting when I was in my teens, but I’m not so optimistic today. In fact, there seems to be a trend towards the rejection of science, fear, …
Tagged with: atheism, brutality, Frank Zappa, pillar of religion and fanaticism, rejection of science, tribalism
The Scare of Communism
As shown at left, “communism” and “socialism” have been used to scare American idiots for almost a century.
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Why the U.S. Can’t Build Highspeed Rail
The lead story on tonight’s episode of the long-running CBS show “60 Minutes” proposed to answer how is it possible that the rest of the developed world, as well as communist dictatorships like China, offer their citizens and visitors the …
Money and its Effect on the Human Personality
Today, I met a professional driver for the film-making industry whose principal focus is stunt-work. Somehow, we got to talking about the many movie stars for whom he’s worked over the years, and how pleasant most of them are to …
At This Point, No One Should Believe a Word that Comes Out of Trump’s Mouth
How Trump has any credibility with Americans–or the other citizens of our planet–is a mystery that is impossible to unravel.
What the 2026 Midterms Are Really About
It’s good to hear Bernie Sanders say what he did here, but it’s sad that it needs to be said at all. Are we really interested in lowering grocery prices if we’re living in a dictatorship?
Foreign-Born Judges
Absolutely! We need to rewrite every word of the U.S. Constitution to support all the hate and ignorance of modern-day America. With a little work, we can be one big Alabama: uneducated, dirt poor, diseased, inbred, and White supremacists. Let’s …
So Much Has Changed, So Quickly
It seems like just yesterday that there was honor and integrity in the U.S. presidency.
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Sad but Funny at the Same Time
Ann Coulter looks like a complete jackass every time she opens her mouth.
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