Author: craigshields

Let’s be honest.  Very few Americans dispute the assertion that “Trump is a monster.”  Almost half of U.S. voters approve of Trump’s aggression in cutting spending on Ukraine, NATO, education, environmental protection, disease control, etc. I can hear his support …

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At left are opposing views on the subject of human empathy, including one from German-American historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth century. What Elon Musk says on the subject is reminiscent …

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In an earlier post, Destroying America, I speculated that it is the decline in U.S. educational standards that is responsible for our electing “a conman with the IQ of a jar of mayonnaise.” At left is a slightly different take …

Travel May Be “Fatal to Prejudice,” But . . . Read More »

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Recently, we learned about Trump’s practice of charging businesspeople $5 million for an audience with him.  Now, we have the news at left. Morally, America is in freefall.  Is there no stopping this?

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At left is a subject of intense debate, i.e., how did the United States come to find itself governed by “a conman with the IQ of a jar of mayonnaise?” The common wisdom, and I can’t offer any real improvement …

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Yes, Trump “blew up” our friendship with our neighbor to the north, but it seems that the Canadians are taking all this philosophically, which is typical of their demeanor. Intelligent and decent people are aware that s*** happens. In this …

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Here’s something we see commonly on social media.  Do you agree sir or madam, completely ignorant of basic biology though you may be, that there are only two genders? This is actually a very interesting topic among scientifically literate people, …

Two Genders? Read More »

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The reader who supplied the meme here doesn’t know that I’m one of very few Americans between the ages of 15 and 90 who’s never spent a dime at Starbucks. For me, it’s a blend of boycotting and common sense. …

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The United States federal government will soon abdicate its role in ensuring that all young Americans are academically prepared to be successful in their lives. Of course, we all saw this coming from Trump’s first term in office, where his …

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If you run a corporation and you have a penchant for criminal behavior, this is a great time to be alive.

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