Author: craigshields

The question posed here is one that many of us have asked ourselves frequently throughout our lives. My belief: The best response probably isn’t a present-day world-leader, even the president of one of the most enlightened countries on Earth, and …

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Let me see if I get this. You go to a grocery store and buy something, e.g., sausage that, from the moment it was processed out of pigs’ ankles and intestines, has been wrapped in traditional plastic made from petroleum. …

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I don’t pray. Aside from that, the author of the meme here and I agree 100% on this point.

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I wouldn’t say this about myself.  Not to quibble about minor differences in the definitions of words, but I thought Trump was a sick joke, rather than an object of hatred, when he first entered the American political scene in …

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Let’s begin by admitting that this is an America-only problem, and that, even here, in the world capital of mass shootings committed by the mentally ill, this would represent a rare situation in which a parent would find him/herself. If …

A Question on Gun Laws Read More »

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To the bottom of the meme at left I would add, “… and Criminality.”

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Coors is definitely on my list too.

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For Trump to stay out of prison, he’s going to have to either win in November (and dismantle the Justice Department’s prosecutorial efforts against him) or convince the courts that trying to overthrow the U.S. government was an “official act.” …

Is Trump Going to Prison? Read More »

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If there were ever an argument against getting a tattoo, this is it.

I like the point this guy is making. If we didn’t have a for-profit news industry, we could have simply ignored Donald Trump when he came on the American political scene in 2015. I’m constantly reminded by people from Europe …

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