When my son was perhaps 11, I took him camping for a few days in the High Sierras with some friends. We needed to buy permits at the regional ranger station, and I noticed that it was replete with cross-sections …
Author: craigshields
Where America Has Gone, Where It’s Going
All the tragedy in American society: the erosion of the middle class, environmental degradation, gun violence, bigotry, educational collapse, authoritarianism, etc., makes one wonder if there are any areas of improvement over the last few decades. As suggested in the …
“Mother Nature”
I met a woman just now who believes that nature always repairs itself. An example she offered was that our local lake (see left), after several years of severe drought, is now full due to the atmospheric river storms that …
“We Shut Down the Government”
These people certainly made the prosecution’s job easy. Nailing Trump and the other top architects of the attempt to overthrow the U.S. government isn’t going to be quite as easy, because they’re not stupid enough to commit treason and then …
Sending Money to Donald Trump
The author of the meme here certainly makes a good point, but I’m not too sure about the “beyond comprehension” part. If the years since Trump took office have taught us anything, it’s that about one-third of American voters are …
Burning our Nation to the Ground
In “The Art of War,” Sun Tzu wrote: “An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.” It certainly does appear that this is what we’re experiencing in the United States at this …
Republican Budget Has Interesting Implications
It’s almost as if the MAGA Republicans want to cultivate as much ruination as possible, so as to blame it on Biden. In any case, these people don’t give a damn about you.
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Indicting Trump
Democrats? There are people all around the globe who are desperate to see Trump indicted, because of what it will mean if his crimes go unpunished, i.e., that the United States is no longer a functioning democracy based on rule …
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America in the 2020s: Finding Incredible New Ways to Rip Off Morons
No surprise: this hat is “free,” but only if the customer is willing to pay ridiculous shipping and handling fees. And for every 100 people who make a purchase, there will be at least another 30 or 40 who buy …
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What Carries Political Appeal in Rural USA?
Here’s Athena Brattin. She’s a candidate for the school board in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. What the local voters are bound to like: she’s a white woman with cute, girlish dimples, and she’s toting a weapon of war. She says she …
