One of the most sickening symptoms of the decline of the U.S. educational system is the quality of the people we elect to make the laws that govern our lives.
Author: craigshields
What We Teach Our Children in America
Here’s Tom Hanks on U.S. history and the editorial decisions we make as to what we teach our children. Of course, we live in country in which any progress we’ve made recently in terms of fairness and objectivity, may soon …
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A Government that Works for Its People Is Not an Impossibility
I was speaking with a woman yesterday who has spent a lot of time in the Netherlands and says she still can’t believe how a country’s people and its government can work together so harmoniously and productively. The distinction between …
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Could We Be Wrong?
Newsflash: Those who believe they have destroyed entire foundations of science that have been put into place over the millennia by doing “their own research online” are a million miles away from admitting any possibility that they could be wrong.
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The Ever-Controversial Elon Musk
I just met some of the people who built the transponder that SpaceX will launch into orbit around the Earth tomorrow morning, enabling, for the first time, the tracking of all aircraft around the world, even over water. Readers may …
From EcoWatch: Montana Governor Signs Bill Banning State Agencies From Analyzing Climate Impacts
As anyone could have predicted, Republicans are lining up behind the fight to ensure that the world suffers the most severe effects of climate change. The reasoning is simple: Democrats accept the findings of science, and therefore, the GOP must …
Godliness in America
This guy has a legitimate point. When, precisely, had humankind’s conviction to God brought us better times? Obviously, the existence of the United States is just the blink of an eye in comparison to the history of our belief in …
How Do We “Make Man Better?”
Maybe Chekhov is right. Maybe Americans are in the process of becoming better people as result of being shown, over the past few years, how incredibly terrible we are.
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Pre-schooler “Found Unsecured Pistol at Home,” Shot One Year Old Brother
This article from a reader, who notes: Unintentionally? Why the f*** would a preschooler have a gun in his hand anyway? Sooner or later, one of your children will die, and you will change the laws. Sorry, but lawmakers in …
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Tagged with: ban hand guns
The Conman of the Century Is Meeting the End of His Career
The reason we won’t see any of the hats shown here is that we all have a deep repugnance for admitting that we’ve been conned. Having said that, let’s try to project what might happen to Trump over the coming …
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