As readers may have noticed, I like to post cartoons that provide insight into Trump’s popularity. Sadly, I don’t know whom to accredit for this gem.
Author: craigshields
A Thought from Carl Sagan
In a recent post, China Lies at the Crux of the Effort to Mitigate Climate Change, I mentioned the primary impediment to our efforts to mitigate climate change, i.e., that our political and economic world is divided into 200+ sovereign …
A Few Words from the Great Aristotle
Aristotle brings up a most interesting point here. A college friend of mine used to go off alone into the mountains for weeks at a time during vacations, which fulfilled him greatly. I tried it once shortly after we graduated, …
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Thanks to Galileo
The quote here comes from Galileo Galilei. I envy his capacity to suspend judgment; I have to admit that I don’t possess it myself. Maybe it’s this level of open-mindedness that enabled him to set aside what everyone thought they …
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Trump and the Big Lie
Re: the graphic here, a reader notes: Honestly, I don’t know how anyone employed by Fox News sleeps at night. They have done more to divide and hurt this country than any other entity in the past 30 years. While …
Raising Kids Without Religion
Here’s an interesting article that begins: Gone are the days of the unyielding God-fearing mother as the archetype of good parenting, suggests a recent article from the Los Angeles Times. According to multiple reports, research has shown that a secular upbringing …
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China Lies at the Crux of the Effort to Mitigate Climate Change
Here’s a great article in The Economist that covers what China is (and isn’t) doing to put an end to the world’s consumption of coal, by far the most toxic source of energy. From the piece: China has good reason …
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How the Senate GOP Regards Trump
It’s pretty clear that the only thing preventing senate Republicans from making their revulsion of Trump public is their well-founded fear that, via severe reprisals by the former president, they’ll lose their seats. These people may be (OK, are) scum, …
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Astronauts Have Epiphanies About Earth’s Insignificance, Humankind’s Folly
Here’s a short video worth checking out. The speaker notes that there is a universal phenomenon that occurs to people who leave the Earth and have the opportunity to see our home from space. To a person, they report wondering …
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Not All Protesters Are Youngin’s
One thing to notice about protest marches is the number of participants over 60 years old. It’s impolite to get too precise in estimating a woman’s age, but let’s just say the one carrying the sign at left has been …
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