Earlier in my life I was a libertarian, a viewpoint that I maintained until I realized the truth in what Naomi Klein say at left. In the absence of government regulation, corporations, whose sole duty is to turn a profit …
Author: craigshields
American Oligarchy
There is no doubt that the United States is headed away from the most important experiment with democracy in the history of humankind, and its government of, by, and for the people. But what happens next? Does this country become …
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In America, Rule of Law Has Disintegrated
I would guess that the percentage of Americans who believe that our system of justice is broken runs north of 90%. But many people tie our system of justice to whatever political party happens to be in power at the …
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Trump Inauguration Is a Day of Mourning
I don’t own a black outfit, so I won’t be following along. But I truly understand the sentiment. A reader pointed out: “I won’t be watching someone swearing an oath he has no intention of upholding.”
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The Most Agonizing Part of American Life
Here’s something from a group called “Canadians Against Trump.” Perhaps the most painful aspect of life here in the United States is knowing that we had grossly overestimated the intelligence and decency of the typical American. It really does hurt.
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How Does Trump Remain Popular?
It’s true that the MAGA crowd is generally unintelligent, but the real common denominator of most Trump supporters is that lies and other “stupid stuff” are not deal-breakers. They love Trump’s strongman policies of racism, environmental deregulation, and anti-wokeism.
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Bad Blood in Amerca
So far, Donald Trump has done to the United States precisely what he wanted: exacting loyalty from both houses of congress, having all criminal charges stemming from his attempt to overthrow the government dropped, and dividing the nation between the …
The Price of Ignoring Reality
The current “reality” that the United States is largely ignoring is that it has re-elected one of the worst people in human history. Will there be a price to be paid? To be sure, though it’s too early to know …
Noam Chomsky on Hope
Here’s a piece of wisdom from Noam Chomsky. As Arthur C. Clarke put it shortly before his death, “I try to be optimistic, because both optimism and pessimism are self-fulfilling prophecies.”
World Peace
The reader who sent this question posed at left provided his one-word answer: Greed. I’m afraid he’s right. As Socrates said, “All wars are about money.” And as our annual military budget gets ever closer to $1 trillion, all that …
Tagged with: Big Oil profiting enormously from their actions that are warming our planet causing loss of land masses droughts fires desertification floods, consider climate change, loss of biodiversity, national security issues as climate refugees are forced to emigrate from their homelands, ocean acidification
