Author: craigshields

There are some extremely disturbing trends out there in the world, and the most visible of them are here in the United States. I just had a conversation with a guy who asked me, “Isn’t the implementation of renewable energy …

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This looks great. My only challenge is “ignoring nonsense.” The problem is that literally everyone ignores what they believe to be nonsense, whether it’s climate science or voodoo. Most Americans think that Trump, with his constant barrage of lies and …

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What Neil deGrasse Tyson says here is good.  Among other things. cremation requires energy that has to come from somewhere. In my advance directive, I have called for the “mushroom suit,” causing my body to turn into plant food (and …

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At left is something I came across on social media, and here’s what I wrote them: “Here’s an idea. You put $122K in escrow, to be released to me in one year, and I’ll send you $100K today.” Haven’t heard …

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I wonder how many American parents, even those who still support Trump, would like to see their children grow up to have the same character as the president. My mother, who left us recently, was a life-long Republican who lived …

Do You Want Your Kids to Grow Up to Be Like Trump? Read More »

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To the reader who sent me this: Holy smokes, how disappointing; I didn’t know there were people stupid and mean enough to post something like this. 1) If you’re a Caucasian, your ancestors settled here and then murdered the indigenous …

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I have to say that I’m a sucker for a good analogy, and I love what Tony Rush has done at left.

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Apparently, what Cardinal Mueller said at left is factual, and, for some perverse reason, it makes me laugh. This guy is so far out of step with the Catholic church and the changes it’s made over the last decade or …

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The danger posed by Trump’s bombing of the boats off the coast of Venezuela is that it’s blatantly lawless.  It’s a clear violation of an entire array of domestic and international legislation, and just another indication that Trump believes he’s …

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It’s both surprising and disappointing to see our country’s greatest minds, like Mark Twain and Robert Frost, make comments like this about education. Would our children be better off illiterate? Unable to find Russia on a globe? Believing that the …

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