Author: craigshields

Here’s Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, hitting the nail on the head. For those of us who understand current events and interpret them like he does (and as the majority of Americans do), this is an extremely painful thing to watch. …

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There is no waste in nature.  The output of every biological process is the input for another, and this is true whether we are talking about leaves falling, animals eliminating, skins being shed from snakes, feathers molting from birds, or …

To a Circular Economy Read More »

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My interest in electric transportation took root in 2008.  After I sold my marketing services company that I had run for more than 20 years, I functioned as the VP Marketing for EVWorld.com and a senior consultant for EVWorld and …

Low Speed Electric Vehicles Read More »

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Humankind is being put to the test with its response to COVID-19.  To what degree can we come together as a species, put aside our surface differences, and contribute as one to a critically important common goal?

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From this article: Longstanding concerns that President Trump plans to purge the government of anyone deemed less than perfectly loyal to him surfaced anew this week, with reports that the White House is installing a fierce political loyalist at the Pentagon …

Trump and the Purge at the Pentagon Read More »

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Apparently, some of my readers have bought into the “Plandemic” conspiracy theory that posits that COVID-19 is the result of the doctors and experts having silenced dissenting voices and misled the public for sinister reasons.  For anyone who might be …

The “Plandemic” Read More »

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Here’s a stunner.  A would-be dictator objects to the presence of high-quality, well-respected news organizations that may be critical of him and his activities.

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As we recall, Donald Trump’s ex-chief strategist Steve Bannon was hellbent on “dismantling the administrative state.” “I’m a Leninist,” Bannon told a writer for The Daily Beast, in late 2013. “Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal, too. …

Steve Bannon: “I’m a Leninist.” OK, But What Does That Mean in Practical Terms? Read More »

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Ex-secretary of Labor Robert Reich says it better than I could: Corrupting the legal system is how dictatorships are built. He’s referring, of course, to U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s dropping the criminal charges against confessed felon Michael Flynn, close …

Free Press Died First, Now It’s the Justice System Read More »

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This article in Barrons actually provides many more than three reasons why the stock market is rising despite the fact 33 million Americans are finding themselves jobless. The real reason is that there is at most a tenuous connection between …

Barrons: Three Reasons the Dow Is Climbing After 33 Million Americans Lost Their Jobs Read More »

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