Author: craigshields

A reader presented the meme at left. My response: I’m sure you’re quite skilled with Google searches.  But that’s quite an accusation to level against 1.01 million U.S. doctors, 5.5 million nurses, and the entire rest of this country’s  medical …

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At left we see a concept that’s not altogether weird.  Trees (made by God?) stand as therapy for a planet that’s in the process of baking itself. Our unquenchable thirst to chop down what’s left of the world’s trees derives …

… But Only God Can Make a Tree Read More »

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Fortunately, there is very little ambiguity in our laws, and thus the photo at the left was probably taken outside the United States. Currently, the most important laws on our books are those that prohibit sedition and treason, and they …

Our Laws Are Clear Read More »

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As suggested here, many of us face challenges.  Some are personal, like substance abuse.  Others are societal, like ignorance and hate. Fortunately, the 9 AM Sunday sermon helps us keep a bright outlook.

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If you think that there is any conceivable event that could cause Trump to give up on this line, even his indictment, trial, conviction, and incarceration, you are sorely mistaken. The only saving grace is the fact that his base …

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Questioning existing scientific beliefs, forming new hypotheses, conducting experiments, analyzing the results, writing papers, subjecting them to peer review, and, if everything suggests that the findings are correct, publishing the new theory broadly….all of this is the way scientists do …

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Obviously, I’m thrilled that Boebert’s “2nd Amendment Cafe” failed. My only other comment is advice to people who brand their businesses in such a way as to alienate huge percentages of their potential customers.  Don’t. If you’re not a MAGA …

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It’s amazing how Elon Musk’s antics have become an obsession, and how he’s made such a complete ass out of himself on the world stage. The author of the meme here states what a great number of us are thinking.

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In case there is a single person on Earth to whom this comes as news, we in the United States are having a terrible problem with political actors from the Republican party who, when they lose an election, claim that …

Republicans and Election Denial Read More »

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Here’s a petition to bar the congresspeople who supported the insurrection from holding office in the future, per the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. FWIW, I signed it, even though I can’t imagine it will be successful, insofar as …

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