Author: craigshields

Let’s be clear.  His job isn’t supporting the will of the American people; it’s supporting the will of the people of West Virginia, most of whom are categorically opposed to things like expanding Medicare, child care, climate change mitigation, raising …

How To Deal with Human Wrecking Ball Joe Manchin: Vote Him Out of Office Read More »

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Americans live in the only country in the developed world that allows people with treatable diseases to die, simply because they can’t afford healthcare. This should make every single one of us extremely angry.

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Well, we certainly have some options open to us, and I suppose one is that we agree, based on no evidence whatsoever, that massive voter fraud cost Trump the 2020 presidential election, and that the only rational solution is to …

Trump: Screw the Constitution If It Means I Can’t Be Re-enstated as President Read More »

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Predictions: Trump will be indicted. The Justice Department will issue a series of PSAs to the effect that any violence will be met with the full force of law enforcement, assisted as necessary by the U.S. military. Christian and his …

Minutemen Militia Training School Read More »

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Plenty of Americans believe that, if we were simply to teach Christianity to our schoolchildren, we would greatly reduce the number of our kids whose bodies are torn to bits by crazed gunmen. Of course, that doesn’t account for places …

It’s the Guns Read More »

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What level of criminality (and stupidity) do Georgians want representing them in the Senate? The only good thing about this is that it will be over soon, unless he actually is charged with a crime, that is.  

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From this:  Democrats are once again seizing on the issue to stir up voters. Republican Herschel Walker is adopting the anti-abortion movement’s playbook and leaning into his opposition. Abortion is a key issue here, but as important as women’s rights …

Abortion Is Put to a Vote, But So Much More Is at Stake Read More »

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Joe Biden’s approval rating hovers in the low 40s.  How that’s possible, I can’t begin to explain, when his antagonists are so profoundly hateful, not to mention stupid. The current wave of antisemitism, and the president’s reaction to it, is …

What Should We Do About the Spike in American Antisemitism? Read More »

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Politicians have had a dubious relationship with the truth for thousands of years.  It wasn’t until Trump, however, that the United States was led by a man who seems more comfortable telling lies than he is simply reporting events as …

Telling the Truth Read More »

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Tragically, we lost American astronomer Carl Sagan to cancer in 1996. But before he left, he bestowed upon us wisdom that went far beyond the study of the universe. At left is an example. If he were alive today, it’s …

The Glorification of Stupidity Read More »

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