Bezos, worth just shy of $200 billion, has realized that union-busting is of critical importance, and is suing to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board. Huzzah.
Author: craigshields
“False Information”
When George Bernard Shaw wrote these words, “false knowledge,” hadn’t yet become an entire industry. Now, there are “news” organizations that have convinced their viewers that the 2020 election was rigged, that COVID-19 was a government plot to cripple the …
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American Ignorance Is Considerable, But Not Unlimited
To illustrate what a sick joke RFK Jr.’s candidacy is, he thinks that having a crackpot football player a heartbeat away from the U.S. presidency is a good idea, one that will appeal to a large number of Americans. Let’s …
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Rule of Law
Here, Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith presents one reason that guilty people need to be punished for their crimes. 250 years later, the United States faces this dilemma: Either try, convict, and incarcerate Donald Trump for the numerous felonies …
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Lots of Americans Love Trump
In response to the meme here, Shawn M. Phares writes: Especially since he’s a criminal, seditionist, who attacked his own capitol, showed top secret government to normal citizens, and committed espionage. And on top of that he’s a pathological liar, …
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Wealth Tax
I believe what the people are talking about in this meme is the top marginal income tax rates. Obviously, it would be good if there were no loopholes by which our top earners could avoid income tax, but what we …
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Living as Brothers
I would love to cite evidence that we’re on the way to “living together as brothers” rather than “perishing together as fools,” but I struggle to find it. I see too much (and perhaps an irreversible amount of) greed, tribalism, …
Philosophy Isn’t What it Once Was
I studied philosophy for a few years as a younger man, and I recall a graduate course on metaphysics, delivered by Henry B. Veatch (pictured), one of the most widely published and decorated American philosophers of his time (the mid/late …
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Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, and Ultra-Right-Wing Lunacy
If you’re going to be a part of the cult that is far-right-wing U.S. politics, you need to buy into at least some part (preferably all) of the story surrounding this country’s “corrupt” reaction to COVID-19. This includes: Our government …
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Civics and the Proper Role of Government
Myth 1: Traditionally, Americans have opted for small government, focusing the public sector only on absolute necessities, and privatizing most societal functions. Myth 2: The subject known as “civics” has been removed from our high schools in order to make …
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