The suggestion from a reader at left represents the right idea overall, but needs to be rethought. I met a guy from Norway the other day who talked about his nation’s wealth tax. In short, it’s hard to become and …
Author: craigshields
When You Buy Gas, You Support Trump
The man with the sign here is my friend Paul Scott, co-founder of Plug-In America way back in 2005. FWIW, Paul overbuilt the solar PV array on his roof specifically to charge his car; he hasn’t used a drop of …
“World, We’re Sorry.”
At left are the words of former Republican Party U.S. representative from Illinois and 2020 Republican presidential candidate Joe Walsh, apologizing to the free world for what’s happening in the United States at this point in time. It is indeed …
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Trouble with DOGE
The author of the meme here doesn’t seem to understand that the youngsters in DOGE are making policy decisions that do violence to the health, safety, and general well-being of every American, and, indirectly, most of the people in other …
Tagged with: environmental sustainability
Credulousness / Gullibility
Yes, stupidity is required here, but keep in mind that the MAGA crowd will believe anything, regardless of how absurd, if it comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth. That’s more than mere stupidity. Someone asked me recently if I thought …
1984
My wife believes that the United States is headed towards the Orwellian dystopia “1984,” based on the systematic distortion of truth we see all around us. If a U.S. president can convince his followers that Ukraine started the war with …
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What We Can and Cannot Demand of Musk
We shouldn’t expect people with hundreds of billions of dollars to become heroes, but we shouldn’t allow them to become terrorists, either.
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What Most of Us Would Do with Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
I’m sure that millions of people have had the thought offered at left. Personally, I would tackle the environment, making large investments in decarbonizing our energy and transportation sectors, and moving to sustainable agriculture.
Reading the Bible at School
As at least 99% of us know, school students can read the Bible if they so choose. School students cannot be forced to read the Bible, any more than they can be forced to read the Quran.
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A Talk with Dad
Like so many of his college friends in the early 1940s, my father (temporarily) dropped out to fight in WW2. Dad happened to become a B17 (bomber) pilot, running missions out of London, destroying Nazi oil refineries. Also like his …
