Author: craigshields

The author of the piece at left makes an excellent point.  This is the first time in U.S. history that a rando multibillionaire stepped forward and began to make decisions that affect millions of American children.

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A couple of comments: Fortunately, “thousands” is off by several (probably five) orders of magnitude.  There are approximately 2.3 billion people on this planet between the ages of 15 and 30.  If 10% of them are “stepping up” in any …

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When I read the first sentence here, I guessed this kid was saving the ketchup packets to provide tiny bits of nutrition to hungry, homeless people. I had forgotten what kids’ (and schoolteachers’) lives are really like nowadays, given the …

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At left is something circulating on social media.  Apparently, you and I are the “evil” that Trump needs protection from, the “radical left.” It’s true that we, the folks who believe in rule of law, environmental responsibility, and human rights, …

Protecting Trump from Evil? Read More »

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Several people commented on the meme here to the effect that perhaps we’re not really intelligent. I offer this: Humankind is plenty intelligent, but we have other characteristics that impede our capacity to use this intelligence to our benefit.  Greed, …

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The United States is on an absolute frenzy to widen the wealth gap, and all the data suggests that the super-rich are being extremely successful in this endeavor.  Today’s CEOs are making 287 times more than their typical worker, where …

Finland Has a Different Approach to Forming a Society, But Is It Worth Considering? Read More »

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What philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell said here is entirely correct, but sadly, the quality of our thinking seems to have taken a turn for the worse in recent years. What was life like here in the U.S. in 1970, …

Thought: The Chief Glory of Man Read More »

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The message here, obviously, is that the blind consumption of resources leads to the death of the planet. While this is true, we need the developing world to consume more.  More food, more of the energy required for things like …

Consume! Read More »

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The retired actress to whom I referred in my earlier post Republican Moderates Stand No Chance Against Trump said something that resonated with me, “I guess we’re all trying to convince ourselves that the next four years aren’t going to …

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As demonstrated at left, American politics is getting stranger by the hour. 2GreenEnergy has an X account, but it lies dormant.