Author: craigshields

It’s easy to fall into despair about this latest massacre of America’s school kids.  Some people say that once we did nothing after Sandy Hook, we had resigned ourselves to accept the limitless murder of our children as a fair …

Congresspeople Running on “God, Guns, and Babies” Are in Trouble Read More »

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Good news (I suppose) a new entrant into e-boating: Torqueedo. Bad news: a 3 HP motor with a 915 Wh battery will get the user 24 minutes of use. Worse: Most bass fishing boats have motors 30 – 40 times …

EVs Take to the Water Read More »

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It’s amazing how powerful cartoons can be in illustrating simple points. “Pro-Life in America” by someone named “de ADDER” hits hard. Love the “Abortion” sign with the coat-hanger in the middle of the piece.  

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“Use your talents to drive us towards a renewable future,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in a commencement address to Seton Hall University graduates. There are many encouraging social phenomena which are pushing in the direction of a sustainable future.  …

UN Chief to New College Grads: To Help Save the Planet, ‘Don’t Work for Climate Wreckers’ Read More »

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In a post earlier today, Gunning Down Our Children, I wrote:  Change will come only when our congresspeople start to lose more votes from people who demand common sense gun laws than they receive from the gun nuts and the …

Telling the NRA to Kiss Off Read More »

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The U.S. Constitution is hailed as one of the top 10 achievements in the history of humankind.  Yet IMO, it has weaknesses, and the most profound came as a result of how the country was founded, i.e., as a rebellion …

A Great Sadness in Texas Read More »

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At left we have an interesting thought, albeit horribly sad.  We really do seem to have normalized the mass murder of our children as a more-than-acceptable price to pay for allowing homicidal maniacs from carrying AR-15s into our schools.  The …

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I highly recommend former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner’s “Justice Matters” daily video series.  Today’s installment appears below.

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In response to this post, which contains the data point that the U.S. has suffered 200+ mass shootings in the first 144 days of 2020, a gun nut reader responds: Reader: More than one shooting daily? On what planet?  … …

Don’t Americans Enjoy Unlimited Gun Rights? Read More »

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We need to recognize that anything, regardless of how evil, can exist if there is enough money associated with it.  Consider for a moment dealers in child slavery, distributors of heroin, those expanding the fossil fuel industry, and the manufacturers …

Putting Guns into Perspective Read More »

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