Author: craigshields

This is funny, of course, but the sad part is that, regardless of how totally unfounded and asinine Greene’s arguments are, there will be people who will come away from the debate claiming she won. The idea that government can …

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AOC’s point here lies at the core of our corrupt government. With the stroke of a pen, we could make all such conflict of interest illegal. It’s amusing to hear the right-wing in America paint her as a “radical liberal,” …

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Whether it’s Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, or Soren Kierkegaard, someone of note has been influencing the way we park our cars.

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True to form, Fox “News” anchor Tucker Carlson is bent out of shape about the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin case.  He believes, (or at least claims to, since it’s hard to imagine that anyone actually believes this), that …

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I laughed out loud when I came across the ad here.  You’d have to pay me plenty to shop at Walmart. Decent people don’t patronize organizations whose chief owners are worth $280 billion, but pay their employees $11 – $13 …

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It’s such a different experience having Trump out of office. Obviously, there are people who resent Biden’s policies re: infrastructure, environmental responsibility, taxation, immigration reform, foreign policy, and perhaps even pandemic response.  But I would imagine that even most of …

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From this: In a recent incident, a high school hockey coach died after being punched outside of a bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, on April 17 following an argument about social distancing, the Star Tribune reported.

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From this piece on the coal industry: Coal country is in free fall and is pleading for help from Washington. That’s why the largest union in one of the dirtiest industries is broadly backing President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion green infrastructure package — …

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Life in the United States changed radically over the past few years.  In particular, many Americans’ respect for science has been replaced with the conviction that scientists are corrupt, and have been cajoled into conspiring with the government to eliminate …

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ESG, i.e., funds that consider environmental, social, and governance issues are growing in popularity.  The term is used interchangeably with “socially responsible investing (SRI)” and “sustainable investing.” As anyone would have anticipated, greenwashing is a consequence of this demand; fund …

Securities and Exchange Commission Takes on Greenwashing Read More »

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