Author: craigshields

My advice to David: I doubt this misleading crap is going to work in Dallas County, where voters are relatively well educated and sophisticated. You’ll need to find some place full of real bumpkins, which, in Texas, shouldn’t be too …

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Some may find the claim at left compelling. But consider Japan, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland that are almost completely atheist.  The other nations in Western Europe have also steadily moved away from religion. Have they …

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Not at all. English has an uncountable thousands of words it doesn’t need.  If you don’t believe me, check out “A Word a Day,” and learn the meanings of words that are completely useless.  The last two days brought us: …

Is It Odd that Many Words in English are Supernumerary? Or Is that Superfluous? Extraneous? Unnecessary? Read More »

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If you believe that a loving God has a plan for you, and is steadily guiding you towards happiness, then you disagree with the assertion here. The rest of us are forced to admit that the universe is cooly indifferent …

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Mark Kelly, like the vast majority of his fellow Americans, wishes to see Trump removed from office, as the president is clearly criminally insane. That doesn’t make him, or any of the rest of us, guilty of sedition.  

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One has to admire the Pope and how he’s trying to bring peace to our world. It’s a shame this flies in the teeth of the aims of Donald Trump, the most powerful person on Earth, whose personal success depends …

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It’s said that those who act decently because they fear the wrath of God and being sent to hell in the afterlife are simply terrible people on a leash.  That speaks to me.    

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Thomas Sowell is not an idiot, and thus he must know that no one wants a social order in which everyone’s lives turn out the same. Does anyone truly believe that drug addicts, morons, and lazy slobs should enjoy the …

Equal Outcomes? Read More »

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Can be done. Cost inefficient as hell. Huge energy losses. Highly doubt the Swiss built one. They’re not morons.

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We have starving veterans living in our streets and dying of treatable diseases. Sure, the MAGA crowd hates gays and loves divisiveness, but is naming a month for our vets the very best we can do for them?

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