Author Archives: Mark R. Kelly

The Parochial and the Cosmic

Posted on Sunday 10 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Our mistake was thinking we lived in a better country than we do; The US has lost faith in the American dream; Connie Willis’s detailed daily political summaries are now at CW Daily on Facebook; With today a dozen or … Continue reading →

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Do Trump’s Voters Know What They’ve Done?

Posted on Saturday 9 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Jamelle Bouie asks if Trump Voters know what he has planned for them; Heather Cox Richardson observes how on social media Trump voters are alarmed by the implications of Trump’s polices, which somehow they hadn’t noticed before; Two more lists … Continue reading →

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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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