Author: craigshields

The reader who sent me this writes: Don’t worry conservatives outnumber commie libtards 20 to 1 and we support ice. You seem to be comparing ordinary crime with routine extra-judicial killings by the U.S. government, and you appear to reject …

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Abraham Joshua Heschel was a Jewish theologian and philosopher with a social consciousness that led him to participate in the civil rights movement. I love what he says here, though intelligence still impresses me, for what that’s worth.

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What Orwell said at left may be true, but if you’re Trump, this is exactly what you want from you press secretary — instant access to a few dozen lies that can be used at any time, according to the …

George Orwell on Trump’s Press Secretary Read More »

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I wonder if the jackass who sent me the meme here is “for real,” because I can’t imagine that anyone is so ignorant that he doesn’t know that: 1) Displacing fossil fuels is a huge boon to the environment, especially …

Nobody’s This Stupid Read More »

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As we frequently discuss here, Trump benefits from a population of profoundly ignorant Americans. Ruining things is our core strength at this point.  

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I’d no more “put that gun on my hip” and attack people, almost none of whom have criminal records, than I’d chop off my right arm, you son of a bitch.

Controversial though it may be, exposing school kids to science has my approval. In 1971, one of our teachers took us down to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia as part of a course we took called “Man and His Environment.” …

Should Kids Learn About Science? Read More »

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It really doesn’t matter if you or I agree. What matters is what the Founding Fathers said, which appears below. Obviously, there are evangelical Trump supporters who couldn’t care less about the values that formed this nation.  But I’ll take …

Was the United States Founded as a Christian Nation? Read More »

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No. Higher CO2 concentrations don’t increase crop yields, just like higher O2 concentrations don’t grow stronger or healthier animals. We take the chemicals out of the atmosphere that we need for our metabolism.

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At left is a great example of something affecting all our lives here in the United States. In this case, it’s that the U.S. military functioned fairly well for 250 years before an alcoholic Fox News commentator took over our …

Aspects of American Life Under Trump Read More »

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