Author: craigshields

Sure, it’s galling that huge sums of the Paycheck Protection Program are going to huge publicly traded companies rather than small businesses, but this post focuses on another matter. 

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It’s unclear where reader Hayley Nuttall hails from, but she writes about the tragedy described in the meme here:  This is your new reality America. This is what Trump has created. He encouraged the protesters. Convinced people this is a …

Did Trump Create This Madness, or Did Our Madness Propel Him to Power? Read More »

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This may be cute, but not all Trump supporters are morons. Strangely enough, there are some highly intelligent racists; no one thinks Stephen Miller or Steve Bannon are idiots; they’re despicable people, but they’re not idiots.

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The picture of this little boy really is impactful, but in truth, I actually don’t need a photograph; I simply think of: • Endless wars to support and grow the military-industrial complex • 22 million American children living in poverty • Rollbacks …

Why Regulate Capitalism? Read More »

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This would be funnier if it weren’t so tragic.

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It seems that the political right and left find reasons to fight about everything.  Strategies to address the coronavirus are just one more example, where the right puts a higher value on the impact to the economy, and thus advocates …

Reopening the U.S. Economy Read More »

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Watching money meant for small businesses go to the rich is a horribly painful process, but the creator of the meme here has managed to sew some humor into it. Here’s a recent article in Forbes: Crony Capitalism: Why The …

Surprise: The Rich Are Benefiting at the Expense of Everyone Else Read More »

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As suggested here, great numbers of Republicans are jumping ship in their voting this year.  They’ve seen enough. There is no shame in making an observation and then changing your mind based on what you just saw. 

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Foolishly, I got involved with a whole bunch of people who believe passionately that the economy should be reopened immediately, and consider the restrictions to be some mixture of slavery, false imprisonment, and violations of their constitutional rights to assemble.  …

Understanding the Coronavirus Mortality Rate Read More »

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Especially given the daily vagaries of this administration, we often wonder how world history is going to regard these times.  With respect to the COVID-19 virus, I get that the author of the meme here has nailed it.    

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