This from Brian Stelter, American TV anchor and chief media correspondent for CNN, re: a quote from Jeffrey Toobin, legal analyst for CNN. I’m not an expert on the Supreme Court, but I would say that recovering from this leak will …
Author: craigshields
West Virginia Farmer Wants Climate Change Mitigation
“For another decade or so, climate change will get worse and farms like mine will die,” says a desperate farmer in West Virginia, imploring Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) to do something about it. For one, climate change will get worse …
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Why Our Kids Should Go To College
IMO, our kids should be encouraged to go to college. I’ve felt this way every since I was quite young, perhaps because it was a huge part of the ethos of growing up in the Shields family, but maybe because, …
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Finding the Truth about Plant- and Lab-Based Meat
Here’s my friend, the suspicious dog, one more time. Like him, I feel that I’m being lied to frequently, e.g., when I come across articles like this one, focused on discrediting lab-based meat.
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Horror at the United States Supreme Court
Until Ruth Bader Ginsberg died and the process of reshaping the U.S. Supreme Court to drive a far-right political agenda began, very few Americans paid any real attention to the philosophies of the individual justices. Sure, there were liberals and …
How Was the Abortion Ban Decision Leaked, But More Importantly, Why?
Like the dog here, I have to say I’m suspicious. The U.S. Supreme Court hears what is arguably the most significant case in the last half century, and a shocking draft opinion is leaked, a month before the final decision …
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Federal Abortion Ban Possible
Of course it’s possible. No one knows how this is going to work out. The United States may be on course to join Iraq, Laos, and 14 of the other most regressive nations on the planet. Trump supporters protest mask …
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Decarbonizing Transportation Would Be Impossible without Lightweighting
Well, probably not, but the point is a good one. Here’s something from my old client BASF on the subject, focusing on lightweight foam that provides strength and stability, composite plastics that reduce weight and optimize strength, and resin-reinforced natural …
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Trends in America
It would be comforting to know that there are elements in our society that are likely to improve our lives, to make them safer, more productive, and more sustainable. Apparently, the author of the meme here is having trouble thinking …
Trump and Twitter
I hate to complain, or to invalidate this judge, but I think everyone who’s read the First Amendment understands this. Its first word is “Congress.”
