Monthly Archives: November 2024

Lessons and Narratives

Posted on Friday 8 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Everyone has theories and lessons to be drawn from the election results; Robert Reich rejects several and offers his own; The focus on the current economy is just another example of short-term thinking, at the expense of bigger issues; Disinformation … Continue reading →

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More Aftermath

Posted on Thursday 7 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Heather Cox Richardson summarizes; Frank Bruni on the running theme that most voters don’t pay attention to the big picture; RFK Jr and the role of disinformation, perhaps the worst plague of the 21st century; More about who we are … Continue reading →

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This Is Who Some of Us Are

Posted on Wednesday 6 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Astonishingly, Trump won the presidency again. Despite everything. Slate: Americans just voted to burn it all to the ground; Trump supporters are calling for executions; and how they laugh at Trump rallies; Zack Beauchamp on Trump’s existential threat, and some … Continue reading →

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An Election About Elections

Posted on Tuesday 5 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

We won’t know today. David A. Graham at The Atlantic about how this election is a test; Evidence about how European nations would vote in today’s US presidential election; More about the Republican backlash to the idea that women can … Continue reading →

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Of Course This Won’t Be All Over Tomorrow

Posted on Monday 4 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump’s Wild Claims, Conspiracies and Falsehoods Redefine Presidential Bounds; Trump says rallies are full while a cameraman pans over an empty arena; CNN fact-checks Trump’s final day of his campaign; When called out, Trump says never mind, I was kidding; … Continue reading →

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César Hidalgo, WHY INFORMATION GROWS

Posted on Monday 4 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Subtitled “The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies” (Basic Books, 2015, xxi + 232 pp, including 51pp of acknowledgements, notes, and index) A few weeks ago I sat down to read the new Yuval Noah Harari book, NEXUS, and … Continue reading →

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How Much Is There Left to Say?

Posted on Sunday 3 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

David French: There will always be a Trump; David Frum: No one has an alibi; Facts, if anyone cares, about the economy under Biden and Trump (On 17 points: Biden advantage 11, Trump advantage 5, and 1 unclear); How Musk’s … Continue reading →

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Ramping Up

Posted on Saturday 2 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s happening right before our eyes. How Trump’s 2020 Playbook is being put into action; Trump simulates oral sex in public; Jonathan M. Katz on what Trump’s team will do following the election; Robert Reich reminds us of 101 terrible … Continue reading →

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Prothero: WHY LIBERALS WIN THE CULTURE WARS…

Posted on Saturday 2 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

(EVEN WHEN THEY LOSE ELECTIONS), subtitled “The Battles That Define America from Jefferson’s Heresies to Gay Marriage” (HarperOne, Oct 2016, 326pp, including 62p acknowledgements, notes, and index.) I’ve mentioned this book a few times, the first time even before it … Continue reading →

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Another Trumpy Day

Posted on Friday 1 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump imagines Liz Cheney before a firing squad; A history of Trump’s violent remarks; And his “enemies list”; Trumpists’ playbook for trying to overturn the election — check back next week; How Trump appeals to America’s xenophobic history; When leopards … Continue reading →

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