Author: craigshields

What Glinda is saying here is true, of course. Trump may be convicted of all the charges in the other three indictments (and maybe more to come), and most of his followers will forever maintain that their hero was innocent, …

People Have a Hard Time Accepting, Even Privately, That They’ve Been Conned, and Making That Admission in Public Simply Won’t Happen Read More »

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In 2023, the United States received an 83 on a scale from 0 to 100 on the Freedom Awards, from an organization called “FreedomHouse.”  That placed us #17 of the 200+ sovereign nations on Earth. Not bad, but what would …

Americans Like to Think of Their Country as Free, But Get This Read More »

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By the time the prosecutors in the RICO case in Georgia get finished with Guiliani, a license to practice law will be of no more value to him than a diploma in devil worship.  He either flips on Trump and …

No More Law Career for Rudy Guiliani, But How Bad Is That? Read More »

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My mom and I have been talking about presidential immunity lately, as I can’t think of an idea that more directly confounds what the Founding Fathers intended in terms of rule of law and the concept of a monarchy as …

Making Nixon Look Like a Saint Read More »

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Funny meme here. Seriously, however, many Trump supporters disbelieve that their hero lost to Biden by seven million votes, purely on the basis that the president didn’t do rallies with hats and flags.

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In my limited experience, even the most unintelligent and backwards people say they believe in science but contend (because this is what their online “research” has taught them), that disciplines like epidemiology and climate change are driven by money and …

Belief in Science Read More »

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Here’s an article from Fox News: Stephen A. Smith reacts to Trump’s guilty verdict, says it ‘all points to civil war.’ Well, here are a few legitimate questions, I believe: When will it begin?  There were more people milling around …

Fox News: Civil War Brewing Over Trump’s Convictions Read More »

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Here’s conclusion from a recent report from my colleague Renaldo Brutoco on battery EVs (BEVs) and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs (FCEVs): As we continue to advance towards a low-carbon future, both BEVs and FCEVs will play pivotal roles. By embracing both …

Hydrogen and Battery Electric Vehicles Read More »

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This from Norm Ornstein, emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington, D.C., conservative think tank. Good for a conservative to put science in front of politics and religion. Also, good for a conservative to give a damn …

Conservatives and Climate Change Read More »

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Will the oil companies attack the living hell out of Vermont’s new law?  Of course.  Will the legislation survive the onslaught of law suits that Big Oil brings against it?  Probably not. But the point is that it’s the first …

Oil Companies May Soon Be Forced to Pay for the Long-Term Environmental Damage They’re Wreaking Read More »

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