Author: craigshields

Two comments on the meme here: a) It’s next to impossible to know whether or not 1970s rocker Alice Cooper actually said this.  Today, it’s common for the MAGA crowd to fabricate stories about celebrities who are known to be …

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Two old friends are having a discussion about Benjamin Netanyahu and his level of intelligence; one says he’s “stupid,” and the other disagrees. Now, I don’t follow Israeli politics as closely as either of these two, but here’s my take …

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Reader Drew Douthit adds this clarification to my post on the drawing here: “Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Basic Physics”   It all depends on vehicle speed…. okay! For 165lbs diver it’s …

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I don’t believe this claim about the cause of atheism. True, hypocritical Christians are a huge turn-off to most of the world’s population; this has been the case for centuries. But most atheists make their choices based on their perception …

Where Atheists Come From Read More »

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In response to what Neil deGrasse Tyson says here, all I can say is, “I hope so, but I don’t see too much evidence that this is where we’re going.” How much science and other forms of clear-headedness are we …

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My father was a B-17 bomber pilot in the European theater of WW2, who, by 1944, had flown with his 10-man crew, 29 successful missions destroying Nazi crude oil refineries.  They were shot down on November 25 of that year, …

A Story About Spying Read More »

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It’s kind of funny that these people consider themselves “conservatives,” while there is essentially zero that they wish to conserve. Most obviously, they want an immediate end to the rule of law in the United States; they want a democracy …

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People have been talking about this subject ever since theoretical physics became a thing around the turn of the 20th Century, and, simultaneously, we had the onset of the “philosophy of science.” IMO, there are no distinct answers here, other …

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Apparently, it’s news when working class America support a Democrat for U.S. president, even when the Republican candidate’s track record while in office featured lavish tax breaks ….. for corporations and billionaires. The decline of quality in public schooling and …

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We all know that Elon Musk is no fan of wokeism.  But does what he says here make any sense? Most people would agree that there is nothing funny about being considerate of other people’s feelings, or working to build …

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