When my parents were married in 1947, they were given a toaster as a wedding gift. When they moved out of my childhood home in perhaps 1995, I happened to notice that very appliance among their belongings. Before the late …
Author: craigshields
We’re Not Even Trying to Hide the Corruption
How, precisely, has American political life changed over the past five years? One of the most glaring differences is corruption in the U.S. federal government. Oh, it has existed, at least since before any one of us was born. But …
Our Rights Have Limits, But That’s a Hard Concept To Communicate To Dullards
It’s funny how people, I’m talking about good and intelligent people, persist in coming up with analogies re: regulations that help us deal with COVID. The goal, of course, is to help selfish morons understand that their rights are limited …
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Why Republicans Are Strangling Public Education
Re: the meme here, a reader asks: How do you convince Republicans that their children are being disenfranchised because their party wants to starve public education out for the sake of privatization? You don’t. Two responses: Wealthy Republicans understand that …
Student Debt Analysis
I’m trying to find something about this that I agree with, but I’m failing. Rage accomplishes nothing but diminishing the quality of your life, and those around you.
Inserting Compassion Into Our World
What a fabulous point writer Sigrid Ellis makes here. We love to be heroes, but we care very little about building a sustainable and compassionate world.
There ARE Decent Republicans, But …..
Adam Kinzinger is a rare bird. Yet I would argue that the Republicans, at least since Eisenhower, have had no real interest in “helping the American people,” unless by that you mean “helping well-off white Christian Americans.” In any case, …
Expanding Silicon Valley Into Trumpsville
This sounds good on paper, but keep in mind three things: 1) There is a reason that manufacturing jobs have moved out of the U.S., and that’s money. Things like electronics and solar panels are not made here because they …
A Reunified America?
How possible is this, given that we live in a country where half the country believes the Big Lie and rejects science? Let’s recognize that the country was never truly homogeneous, but is there a path towards some workable level …
Clarence Thomas and Corruption in the Supreme Court
The idea that the U.S. Supreme Court justices are apolitical is a joke. Clarence Thomas’ wife Virginia is a vocal right-wing activist, who cheered on the January 6th insurrectionists, while claiming that America is in existential danger because of the …
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