Author: craigshields

I’m sure there are many Americans who agree that, if we had our decisions re: lawn maintenance to make over again, we’d rather have built habitat for bees and rabbits than fashion our yards after the way suburban houses looked …

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There is an argument being made, particularly in the Deep South, that our schools’ curricula should not include what academics sometimes call “critical race theory,” i.e., the set of facts surrounding black history in the United States.  That means the …

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As suggested in the meme here, the “kindness movement” has been a big deal in our culture.  Mr. Roberts is well-remembered for what he taught our children about how to get along with one another. Sadly, the concept of kindness …

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Here’s a three-minute excerpt from an address given by a commencement speaker on this subject of idiots, who they are, and how to spot them. Was this a real address, or something mocked up as a scene in some sort …

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The meme here doesn’t accurately reflect what most Republicans believe about how Trump is being handled by the U.S. justice system. If you tune in Fox News or Newsmax (not that I recommend this), you will be told, without any …

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Here’s a cool video on a water wheel-style boat that cruises around picking up trash, mostly plastic waste, from our harbors. If this generates awareness of the problem, that’s great.  But I’ve become convinced that the only real place to …

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I disagree.  There are idiots all over the world who think they’re geniuses, and none of them is causing the least bit of harm to human civilization. The problem here is that, for some reason, tens of millions of Americans …

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What are America’s priorities, and where does the banning of “woke” terms like “pregnant people” fit among them? I guess that’s a function of where, geographically, you live in the U.S. The sensibilities of the people of the South don’t …

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The woman who cuts my hair is one of tens of millions of Americans who believe that Joe Biden is senile, and thus unfit to be U.S. president.  I run into this constantly, as there is an entire “news” industry …

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It’s no secret that Americans have reached a point where we can argue about anything, regardless of how seemingly noncontroversial. Perhaps the reaction against wokeism is the perfect example.  Evidently, about one-third of the U.S. electorate disputes the belief that …

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