Author: craigshields

In a word, No. This from Ben Carson: Pledge Your Servant Leadership to One Nation, Under God By signing your name below, you are joining a community of servant leaders committed to preserving American freedom. (I promise to….)  Lead by …

“Can I Count on You to Help Unite Our Divided Nation?” – Ben Carson Read More »

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Re: the cartoon at left, a reader notes: “This is why people are afraid of nuclear power.” Exactly.  Virtually everyone who understands the threat of climate change and the potential danger posed by nuclear power favors the further development of …

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The cartoon here describes the essence of the conversation my mom and I have, when, for instance, anti-vaxxers show up on Fox News.  Mom asks me, “Don’t any of these commentators have credentials you respect?” My reply is that the …

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Here’s a talk by Mitt Romney in 2016, leading up to the presidential election, when he was a member of the now-extinct species known as the moderate Republican. Yes, there was a time when the platform of an entire American …

In Days of Old, American Politics Featured the “Moderate Republican” Read More »

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Here’s a company looking for investors.  And who wouldn’t jump at a chance?  They claim to have solved a very real problem, i.e., how to enable EV owners who live in apartments to charge their cars. They write:  Power Hero …

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It would be impossible to list all the forms of damage that the re-election of Donald Trump would inflict on the United States. At a minimum, it would confirm the world’s belief that the U.S. is just as defective morally …

America at a Crossroads Read More »

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I laughed when I saw this because I have many times asserted that Trump’s opponents don’t carry on with lavish public displays about their political belief like the former president’s supporters.      

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There is no doubt that Washington has its bureaucrats, but what it doesn’t have is a commanding majority of the right-wing extremists we find in the red states. There is precious little support in Congress, and even less in the …

Moving Power to the States Read More »

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As suggested here, the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump is based exclusively on testimony from Republicans. Trump is bluffing that he’d like all this televised, so the world can watch and conclude that he’s being treated unfairly, that all 86 …

Prosecuting Trump Read More »

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From this interview with John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump and former ambassador to the United Nations: “I think probably the most important thing … for people to understand (is that) Donald Trump doesn’t really have …

John Bolton Warns Us About Re-Electing Trump Read More »

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