Can’t swear that the story here is authentic, but it sure rings true. Vermont is a somewhat quirky state, but it protects its citizens very well. FWIW, this is where I want MY tax dollars going too. Florida is a …
Author: craigshields
Republicans: Will This Work?
The GOP is asking American voters to believe that “radical left Democrat extremists” are leading the country into socialism/communism. They’re hoping that this fear will outweigh the electorate’s understanding of the damage that Trump, with help of congressional Republicans, is …
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The SAVE Act
It appears that there are a few Republicans who understand the SAVE Act is simply an exercise in voter suppression and thus an attempt to overturn American democracy. We need to accept any little bit of good news where we …
The Value of Education
What Ben Franklin said at left was probably not obvious at the time, but it sure is now. The United States has by far the largest per capita prison population in the world, and we’ve elected a sociopathic criminal as …
What We Want from the State
What we see at left is a a perfect example of a “straw man” argument, i.e., one that deliberately twists one side of the debate. If you were asked to guess as to the percentage of Americans who want to …
Tornadoes in Chicago
I met a woman from Chicago yesterday who is concerned that the nation’s third-largest city is experiencing increasing frequent and severe tornadoes, causing deaths and inflicting huge amounts of property damage. She seemed despondent, sadly resigned to the fact that …
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Preferences for Musical Genres and Political Demographics
The following is simply raw speculation on my part. I’ll be interested in your comments. There are musical styles that align themselves with left- and right-wing politics, though none of these, with the possible exception of one, has 100% of …
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Did God Assign Your Gender?
Religion tends to make statements that fly in the teeth of science, but even the most ardent believers in God may have trouble with the meme here. How are genders assigned? Well, ask yourself why men have nipples. It’s because …
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Government Is Inefficient, But . . .
Until I was about 40, what Milton Friedman said at left made perfect sense to me. That’s when I realized that free market capitalism is destroying the environment, and that without government regulation, our planet would soon be in flames. …
