Author: craigshields

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 …

The Universe Doesn’t Care About Us Read More »

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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 …

Christians and Muslims Read More »

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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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Eric Trump is usually depicted in the press as a moron.  Is this fair?  Is he really this stupid? Is he not aware that the vast majority of the Earth’s population wants to see his father dead? FWIW, I’m a …

Ummm, the Vast Majority of Earth’s Citizens Want to See Trump Dead Read More »

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The Pope stands in opposition to pointless, illegal wars, cruel and inhumane treatment of the poor, and criminal insanity. That strikes most of us as “matters of morality.”  

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Donald Trump is achieving something that I would have said was impossible: alienating the MAGA base.  First, he depicts himself as Jesus in a post on Truth Social (see left), then he attacks the Pope (see below). Christians don’t go …

Trump: Achieving the Impossible Read More »

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