Author: craigshields

The world wants to know how the amount of corruption in the U.S. could have possibly risen to this insane level.  

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A friend writes: I get called out by farmers for using the word “sustainability” because nature is dynamic and doesn’t hold to a level. The word they prefer is “regenerative” as it is closer to the complex system of nature …

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At left we see the rationale behind the statute of limitations in U.S. criminal law.  You aren’t the same person you were seven years ago. We also see the intersection of Western philosophy and Eastern religion.  Our egos delude us …

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Of course, the U.S. and the other authoritarian countries are run by criminals, but it’s completely wrong to make this generality about the majority of the other countries on Earth. Do you think that the leaders of Western/Northern Europe, Iceland, …

Are Our Nations Led by Criminals? Read More »

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Once Trump is gone, what exactly will happen to the brutal ICE agents who violated people’s civil rights by, for instance, executing them by shooting them in the head?  We know about the uncountable number of goons whom Trump called …

ICE Criminals Not Guaranteed Pardons, May Do 30+ Years Read More »

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How many seas must the white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? How may ventures in small, rooftop wind must fail before we learn that this entire concept is doomed? The answer is blowin’ in the wind. Seriously, …

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I struggle to think of someone for whom I have more respect for than astrophysics PhD and lead guitarist for the rock band Queen Brian May. Yet, with what he says at left, I’m struggling to understand precisely what he …

Is the United States “Dangerous?” Read More »

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As everyone except the Fox News/QAnon crowd knows, Antifa is not an organization; it’s a philosophy.  It has no leaders, headquarters, or funding/budget. Now, is this (at left) what I voted for? Well, I vote for honesty, logic, compassion and …

Funds for Antifa?? Read More »

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Irrelevant. Unless some miracle takes place that turns around what appears be an irreversible trend, JD Vance will have an appeal to Americans that is equivalent to leprosy.  We’d rather elect a projectile vomiter.

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We’ve all heard people make the claim 20th Century French historian Michael Foucault makes at left. Twisted, I believe. Socrates believed that “the only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance”. I’m going with Socrates on this one. …

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