If the new Attorney General Merrick Garland can dismantle the two-tiered system of justice that has plagued this country since its inception, it will be the finest achievement in U.S. history. There is so much good going on right now …
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The American education system continues to decay, and the horrific results are all around us. Trumpism. Job openings going unfilled due to lack of skilled labor. Gun nuts. White nationalism. Those older than perhaps 50 remember a time before music …
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Craig Shields: I think this is a more complicated subject, personally. Linda Hurt Germany: Craig, insurrection is complicated? please explain…….. Carol Heesch: NO. IT. ISN’T. Caroline Lindley: Craig, yes, please explain the complicated part. Bobby Scheinblum: Craig, seems rather cut …
Here’s an idea for would-be school shooters: Read this article on the two kids who die in a California high school shooting, then head to the gun expo advertised at the bottom of the page to arm yourself.
By the time the Derek Chauvin / George Floyd case is over, the volume of news coverage on it will be astronomical. The case rivals the O.J. Simpson trial in terms of its national and international fascination, but sadly, it’s …
There can’t be more than a handful of intelligent people in the world today who believe that religion, generally, is currently operating at its optimum capacity in human civilization. The aetheist intellectuals, e.g., Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late …
There are people who believe that an armed society is a safer and therefore better society. One can argue about the meaning of “better.” But there can be no equivocation on the word “safer,” and anyone with a 4th grade …
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There are pregnant women who smoke cigarettes who wouldn’t think of going outdoors without sunscreen. There are guys who ride motorcycles with no helmets who drink a pint of fresh-made vegetable juice every morning. There are also those who think …
Are you trying to tell me that an actual educator will be functioning as Biden’s Secretary of Education? We were just getting used to that post being held by a person with no background in the subject, whose only qualifications …
