Author: craigshields

It’s pathetic to see garbage like this (at left). General Motors sold 6 million gas-powered cars and light-duty trucks last year.  Their target for 2026?  Zero.  Not a single one. GM, market cap $46 billion, has placed 100% of its …

Deliberately Misevaluating the EV Adoption Curve Read More »

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Bernie’s right:  Many Americans with progressive values have bought into the idea that real chance is impossible. We may shop organic, drive electric, and teach peace, but we remain concerned that it’s too late for a culture in which Donald …

Optimism in the Face of Reasons to Doubt Read More »

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The meme here reminds me of life in this small, God-and-country town in rural California. Here, we have entrepreneurs who promote themselves and their small business with a bit of political posturing.  As an example, you’ll see a Joe’s Plumbing …

Leave the Politics Out of It Read More »

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About 5 million Americans turn 18 each year, thus achieving the right to vote, where about 3.5 million, mostly old people, die.  This is a factor that significantly affects the demographics of the U.S. electorate. While there are exceptions, older …

The Voting Rolls Are Swelling with Young People: What This Means Read More »

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What Tucker Carlson says here is categorically incorrect, but he speaks to people who are ignorant of the fact that there are numerous types of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment: obscenity, defamation, fraud, incitement, fighting words, …

First Amendment Limitations Read More »

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People have been talking about religious hypocrisy, especially among Christians I guess, for far longer than I’ve been on this planet. Yet it seems that the right-wing religious extremists have taken all this to a new level.

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America isn’t ready for a gay president. Which is too bad, because other than his sexual orientation, Pete Buttigieg is arguably the single most qualified person for the job in this country.

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According to my Fox News-loving mom: The radical left wants to loosen voter registration laws, allowing as many poor/undocumented people as possible into the country, so as to elect a president whose platform is built around government handouts.  Once this …

Voting Policies and the Proper Role of Government Read More »

The company looking for investors to build and market this new form of transportation (see left) points out a key driver of the product’s ultimate success: No Pilot’s License Needed. I see a day when the air is filled with …

Calling All Investors Read More »

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How does one feed 100K people daily? Most of us have made dinner for, say 20 guests.  Multiply that by 50,000 and–bingo–you have arrived at the scale at which these Sikh chefs are doing here in New Delhi, India. An …

Caring for Others Read More »

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