# Stay Skeptical

Preserving critical thinking and common sense, one essay at a time.

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## [Should I Train My A.I. Master?](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/should-i-train-my-ai-master)

_2026-05-29 · Eric Butterfield_

Traditional writing jobs are vanishing but A.I. trainers are in demand—should I ignore the slop and do a little botsplaining?

## [Elon Musk Says A.I. Will Give Us a Life of Leisure](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/elon-musk-says-ai-will-give-us-a)

_2025-11-24 · Eric Butterfield_

One hundred years ago, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that we would now live free of burdensome toil. The failed prediction didn’t stop Elon Musk from claiming the same thing.

## [Selective Outrage Won't Save the Republic](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/selective-outrage-wont-save-the-republic)

_2025-09-13 · Eric Butterfield_

The tragedy of Charlie Kirk's murder teaches us what we already knew: Nobody is going to take responsibility for their inflammatory rhetoric.

## [Another Stupid Media Uproar: Trump Paranoia and Comey's "86"](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/another-stupid-media-uproar-trump)

_2025-05-18 · Eric Butterfield_

Who thought a picture of shells in the sand could cause such a media storm? Leave it to the paranoid Trumps and a made-up definition, and everyone's out to get you.

## [Trump's Emails: The Endless, Shameless Spam Shakedown](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/trumps-emails-the-endless-shameless)

_2025-05-09 · Eric Butterfield_

"Elon Musk just said your name," writes Donald Trump...should I send him money for the Official Golden Trump Award? Only the smartest Americans need apply.

## [Pete Hegseth Is on a Christian Crusade](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-is-on-a-christian-crusade)

_2024-12-08 · Eric Butterfield_

Trump's nominee for defense secretary thinks public schools are brainwashing kids, and wants to put God in the classroom—and the Left is to blame for everything

## [Red Flag Warning on Election Day](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/red-flag-warning-on-election-day)

_2024-11-06 · Eric Butterfield_

I cast my vote under a Red Flag warning of wildfire in Northern California—a regular occurrence due to the climate change that Trump has called a "hoax"

## [Eating Dogs in Trump Land](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/eating-dogs-in-trump-land)

_2024-09-13 · Eric Butterfield_

In the fever swamp of Donald Trump's mind, Haitian immigrants are eating their neighbors' cats and dogs—a pathetic new hate-mongering low

## [Trump Calls Crowd at Democratic Rally "Fake"](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/trump-calls-crowd-at-democratic-rally)

_2024-08-14 · Eric Butterfield_

Did the Democrats fake a crowd in pictures and video with AI? Of course not—but that didn't stop Trump's fans on Twitter from believing and circulating yet another ridiculous lie.

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_2024-08-14 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Does the Bible Say God Saved Trump's Life?](https://ericbutterfield.substack.com/p/does-the-bible-say-god-saved-trumps)

_2024-07-21 · Eric Butterfield_

Republicans embraced fear, dystopia and magical thinking at their national convention—but did God really save a shameless con man who cheated on his pregnant wife with a porn actress? Ask the Bible.