Author: craigshields

If you’re trying to quantify how completely f***ed up the United States is at this point, I refer you to the meme here. Was it the left that stormed the Capitol, launched a pointless and illegal war in Iran, worked …

Right Out of Orwell’s 1984 — the Ministry of Truth Read More »

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We’ve all heard ideas like the one being expressed here, though this one sounds extreme.  Jail sentence?  Education is exclusively an exercise in pounding in bad habits? What’s the outcome for students in the very worst of our schools that …

Is School a Jail Sentence? Read More »

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If you’re a competent woman working at the highest echelon in the U.S. government, better start packing your bags.

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Today we had another “assassination attempt.” Is it the fourth or the fifth?  I lost track after his ear grew back. Eventually, after perhaps 20 or 30, even the most dimwitted American will recognize that he’s been played. Trump is …

How Much Further Does the Trust of the American People Extend? Read More »

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I’ve often wondered why people like this German woman, an ultra-right-wing politician with no more training in this subject than my gardener, is taken more seriously than the many thousands of scientists who have been studying climate physics for all …

Climate Change: What to Believe? Read More »

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Yes. God wants you out of debt, and He wants you to let these con artists take your last dime. Makes sense to me.

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It’s understandable that Americans are seeing their culture descend into the pits of the cutthroat, the bastard, since that’s the character of the man whom we elected (twice) to lead our country. If you take a minute or two to …

Quo Vadis, America? (Where Are You Going?) Read More »

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George Bernard Shaw nails it here.  How proud should you be because you happened to have been born in the United States? Intelligent, fair-minded people are proud of their accomplishments, not some accident that happened to them. Arguably, American patriotism …

Patriotism Read More »

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I just met an elderly woman from Vancouver, Canada, in town for a family wedding, who explained to me her country’s position on the tragedy that’s occurred here in the United States with Trump’s dismantling of American democracy. It happens …

How Long Will Trump’s Damage Last? — Another Viewpoint Read More »

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This device apparently uses the kinetic energy of the moving water in the stream to lift itself up against the force of gravity.  Or maybe energy was used to pump it up.  So far, so good. But then it releases …

Miracle in the Physics of Hydrokinetics Read More »

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