Author: craigshields

I’d like to shake the hand of the guy who went rogue with the road sign here.  But, while his message is funny, it makes an important point. Americans from the baby-boom and the earlier generations remember a time when …

How Americans Regard One Another Has Changed Drastically Read More »

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Every time I encounter an EV driver in a relaxed setting, suppose I spot someone walking to or from his vehicle in a parking lot, I ask, “Say, how do you like your car?” I have at least a few …

Consumers’ True Level of Satisfaction with Their EVs Read More »

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At left is just one more example of the absurd nature of the U.S. political scene as we move through the 2024 election season. I have learned from my mother that Fox News is “reporting” that all U.S. politics is …

The Nexus of Lies that Is American Politics Read More »

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Fortunately for the state of North Carolina, most of its residents share the political sensibilities of the more productive and civilized states.  The author of the meme probably doesn’t know that California, if it were a country, would be the …

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Lauren Boebert is a darling among the Christian right in rural Colorado.  And with this resumé, why shouldn’t she be? Now is a great time in history to stretch our understanding of right and wrong.  After all, we live in …

Why Can’t We Have More Congressional Republicans with High Moral Character, Like This One? Read More »

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It’s true that the physicists of the later 19th Century believed that they had discovered all the major, basic principles that govern the universe.  Then, of course, came Einstein, followed by the quantum physicists and all the theoretical stuff that …

Physics Is Very Unlikely to Achieve a Complete Understanding of the Universe Read More »

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Apparently, Trump’s legal team has run out of ammunition in one of the former president’s election interference cases, though what they’re asserting here is correct. Unfortunately for them, there is something wrong with committing crimes, felonies, to be more specific. …

Influencing an Election Read More »

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Great quote from public intellectual Garrison Keillor here. Yet keep in mind that those working to weaken public education couldn’t care less about some notion of “community.” Whether these people are Christian fundamentalists, or some other form of small-government zealot, …

Attacking Public Education Read More »

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News flash: If you’re a part of a “Christian movement” that demands that “the government be a part of God’s wrath,” you have deep-seated psychological issues that are unlikely to resolve by encountering some meme on social media.

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When we look at new car sales in Norway, we see that only one in 10 is powered by an internal combustion engine. Admittedly, Northern Europe has many positive geographic and demographic features: a strong supply of renewable energy resources, …

Scandinavia and Electric Vehicles Read More »

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