Author: craigshields

If you or I were creating a set of CDs on the decline of American citizenship, we would probably point out things like the destruction of the U.S. educational system, the fact that 60% of us are living paycheck-to-paycheck, the …

Why Is American Citizenship on the Decline? Read More »

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It’s a shame that Americans are so down on our educational system, on the basis that it “cranks out liberals” and “punishes those with nonconforming ideas.” I went to a Quaker school, so most kids were “woke” (though obviously the …

Critical Thinking Read More »

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What would I say? I’d say that it seems both strange and grossly unfair that Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, Shintoists, and the adherents to the world’s other minor religions have no path to heaven, and, according to the bible, …

Christ and the Path to Heaven Read More »

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It could be argued that real-world learning about civics, democracy, and the U.S. Constitution is quite valuable, and worth a few hours out of school. And in this case, there are so many elements of our constitution at work: The …

High School Kids with Protest Signs Read More »

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It’s not hard to imagine a world in which countries like Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and the other social democracies did not exist.  If that were the case, the type of libertarian blathering at left …

Libertarianism Might Make Sense in Some Alternative Universe Read More »

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Is this really a problem? We can all agree that adequate food and housing are good things, and that hunger and homelessness are bad.

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Not sure if Clint Eastwood actually said this. If he did, I would point out: Obama is normally ranked #7 out of 47 U.S. presidents by historians. Not so highly by grossly uneducated racist actors.

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My response to this piece on social media: Hell yeah!  We Americans have lost any regard we may have once had for rule of law and the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of due process. Just get all these non-whites out of …

Mass Deportations Read More »

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A great deal turns on what we mean by “in the end.” There is no doubt that the “accomplishments” at left are already achieved. But what happens a few years after he’s removed from office? The most probable answer is …

What Trump Will Have Accomplished in the End Read More »

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There is no reason that white U.S. citizens should be “afraid” of ICE. Americans with personal integrity are protesting the lawlessness and senseless violence that ICE is inflicting on people of color in large, Democrat-run cities. Rule of law actually …

Being Afraid of ICE Read More »

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