Author: craigshields

From a reader: What are farmers doing besides feeding the rest of us? A NASA satellite found some odd readings over the United States. Global warming proponents thought they were onto something. They were surprised to find this image was …

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Regarding the suggestion here about writing in cursive, a friend writes: Handwriting is an essential skill, helps develop individuality, hand-eye coordination and a more intimate form of communication not deluged with mechanical devices. One’s signature and the sadly endangered art …

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Right this moment, 11.6% more Americans disapprove of Trump than approve of him.  This is according to fivethirtyeight.com, a composite “metastudy” of different surveys, weighted in favor of the most recent.  Yesterday, the figure was 10.4%, so this has moved …

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Watching half a nation full of people whipped into a frenzy of hate and ignorance, one’s initial reaction is a mixture of pity and amusement. As David Bowie said, “Oh man, look at those cavemen go!” The problem, of course, …

Don’t These People Feel…Manipulated? Read More »

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Here’s a development that’s been a long time in the making: windows that, as they receive heat from the hot, undergo chemical/physical changes and become solar panels. Glass that changes color when light is incident on it has been around …

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From this: James Murdoch quit media empire (that includes Fox News) because it was ‘legitimizing disinformation’ and slams ‘crazy’ Trump for ‘infecting the US with cruelty’ and downplaying COVID The youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch told the New …

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Removing Big Money from politics is a challenge that seems to be growing year by year.  In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in “Citizens United” that unlimited campaign donations from corporations were protected under the First Amendment as free …

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I was speaking with an old friend I hadn’t seen in….too long.  She’s voting for Biden, but she’s concerned about his position on the environment. I explained that I have to assume that Biden will be a carbon copy of …

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2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie writes: Hi Craig,  Re something like this, I have to ask what’s the point?  The hydrogen energy store is 3 times the price of a Tesla Power wall to store 3 times the energy, so about the same …

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Whoever posted this video asks, “How would you have handled this situation?” Maybe a better question is: How did we create an environment in which a grossly underpaid teacher was forced to handle this situation? We’re one election away from …

Where It’s Going If We Don’t Turn It Around…Right Now Read More »

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