Here’s a summary of the election “audit” from the chairman of the county in which the Nevada recount is taking place. Love the blend of passion and humor.
Author: craigshields
COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories
Meme at left from a reader. My response: There are a couple of things I find interesting here: A) How the 1.01 million U.S. doctors and 2.98 million nurses all conspired, maintaining absolute secrecy, with the U.S. federal, state, and …
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Path To a Sustainable Earth: Less Consumption
Some people say that nonstop growth in consumption lies at the root of a healthy civilization. If this were a planet of infinite size with resources that could never be depleted, there might be some merit to this claim. As …
Moderates and Extremists
My wife and I were discussing my recent post: Eisenhower on War the other day, and she asked, “Eisenhower was a Republican. Did he really say that? It seems so progressive.” I explained that the platform of the Republican Party …
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Shouldn’t We Be Teaching….?
This sounds good, until you realize that we live in a world with white supremacists, COVID disinformation spreaders, climate deniers, war mongers, insurrectionists, oil company lobbyists, and a very long list of others whose doctrines must be refuted.
Eisenhower on War
There were a few short periods of time in history when it appeared that humankind might avoid the fate of never-ending war. The years that followed both the world wars of the 20th Century are probably good examples. At this …
Viewing the World Through Different Lenses
The image here has a peculiar quality to it, does it? It’s one of these things in our lives that suggests there can be two or more equally valid ways of looking at the world. Some people say this applies …
Trump’s Legacy
What makes this scene with Trump such a mess is that his supporters honestly believe that he was in the process of making America great again. Next to the survey at left, we see: Joe Biden is trampling on President …
America’s Failed Coup
From the New York Times: The exchange unfolded during a phone call on December 27 in which Mr. Trump pressed the acting attorney general at the time, Jeffrey A. Rosen, and his deputy, Richard P. Donoghue, on voter fraud claims …
Is Our Civilization Going To Hell in a Hand-Basket?
As shown at left, the rapidly increasing volume of climate-related disasters, the horrors of the pandemic, and America’s recent brush with authoritarianism have us thinking in new, frightening ways.
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