There are several aspects to the Republican platform that are simply astounding. A notable example is the ban on abortion. A woman’s right to choose is a strongly held belief of almost all women, and the vast majority of men. …
Author: craigshields
Wokeness
When responsible people come across something that is both preposterous and attributed to someone they suppose to be credible, the first thing they do is head to Snopes, or some other place online where they can verify or discard it. …
Tagged with: post-truth world
Educated and Informed
These words came out of JFK’s mouth long before we had a political party vigorously trying to nullify American democracy. Here we are, 60 years later, a nation wading through a cesspool of ignorance, hate, and rampant conspiracy theories that …
Tagged with: rampant conspiracy theories
Cheap Attack on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
OK, let me begin by saying that I don’t believe that a random 5th grade kid understands what marginal taxation means, and that, therefore, this meme is probably fraudulent. At the same time, its author makes an important point: most …
Tagged with: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Justice for Steve Bannon? Oh, Sure
Yes, former Trump strategist Steve Bannon said that a Republican victory in the midterms would mean that Dr. Fauci would “suffer” and be “hunted.” But arrest him for making that statement? Seriously? Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison …
Tagged with: Trump strategist Steve Bannon
Surprise! Public Schools Have More Shootings than Private Schools
The libertarian CATO Institute asks: Are Shootings More Likely to Occur in Public Schools? and concludes that only 6% of shootings occur in private schools. Their point, one would assume, is that things are always better in the private than …
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Trump as President: A Bad Metaphor
Most of us understand that electing Trump in 2016 was a terrible idea, but not because he was an “outsider” with no political experience. Rather, it’s that he’s a terrible human being, devoid of conscience, compassion, and honesty. …
Is the Greenland Ice Sheet Growing?
Here’s a conversation between me and the climate denier I mentioned yesterday in my post: Fringe Belief on Climate Change. Reader: “Climate change is a totalitarian position.” (He concluded this from someone who said that the science of climate change …
Theological Support for the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
From this piece in Reuters: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said that Russian soldiers who die in the war against Ukraine will be cleansed of all their sins, days after President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s first …
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Tagged with: Christianity
People Rushing Towards Career Suicide
From a friend: Um, is anyone else old enough to remember, like, 10 years ago when Lara Logan actually was a respected correspondent for CBS News and “60 Minutes”??? Newsmax may harbor a great number of QAnon beliefs, like the …
