Insofar as the Constitution clearly assigns the states the responsibility to regulate and conduct elections, what Trump wants so desperately to do will require a significant re-write of the document that (most) Americans hold sacred.
Author: craigshields
The “Godless Left”
Maybe a single day will pass sometime in America’s future during which Trump or one of his moron cabinet members will refrain from making some idiotic remark like the one at left. Our founding fathers couldn’t have been more clear …
Respecting Geologic History
Until I came across this statement from Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss years ago, it hadn’t dawned on me that teaching children evangelical Christianity could be properly called “child abuse.” I can tell you that I took some grief …
Owning the Libs, Punishing the Non-Whites
At left is another illustration of the fact the folks in the red states honestly don’t want education, wealth, healthcare, or any of the other things that are valued in the Northeast or the Pacific Coast. If it punishes everyone …
Homeschooling
Decent and intelligent people respect the rights of parents to homeschool their children, but there are two reasons for concern: a) socialization, failure to expose children to their peers, so that they may make friends and come to understand the …
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Increasing Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide
These people (Big Oil PR teams?) write: Celebrate the many benefits of increasing CO2! Deserts are shrinking. Forests are expanding. Increasing crop productivity is outpacing population growth. We love CO2 and so should you. In truth, increasing levels of CO2 …
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The Positive Effects We’ve Had on Others Are Profound, Whether We Know It or Not
There’s a theory that most people underestimate the positive effects they’ve had on other people. Yes, that’s the theme of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but it’s also the core of the 1995 film “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” in which a music …
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Renewable Energy Concepts Can’t Violate the Laws of Physics
In the early days of 2GreenEnergy, my people and I were vigorously engaged in finding solid ideas in cleantech that needed funding in order to move forward. I vividly remember a conversation with a guy in Maryland who was trying …
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What Canada Has that the U.S. Doesn’t
Until recently, I would have said: moose, maple syrup, and frozen tundra. Now I would say: decency, honesty, and class.
Not Sure About Zero Illegals, But . . .
I’m ready to live in a country with zero hateful morons, if that counts.
