Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

Today’s Headlines, 8 Sept 2022

Posted on Thursday 8 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Queen and empire; Religious employers against health care; Republicans making fun of sick people; Lebanon as America’s future under Trumpers; MAGA invokes 1st century BC; Another lame right-wing movie; Why American lives are getting shorter; The indefensible claims of “2,000 … Continue reading →

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Rules, Fairness, Hypocrisy, and Both-Sides-ism

Posted on Saturday 3 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

More recent headlines.

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More about Alternate Realities

Posted on Friday 2 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Republicans, Democrats, and alternate realities.

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Links/Quotes/Comments: 1 Sep 2022

Posted on Thursday 1 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

About secularism, elections, misogyny and education, publishing ‘errors’, Trump supporters’ plans, and the real America.

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More on the Wars Against Education and Science

Posted on Wednesday 31 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

So many examples to keep up with!

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The Dangers of Education

Posted on Monday 29 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s an opinion piece in WaPo from a few days ago that acknowledges that what conservatives fear is true. Washington Post, Paul Waldman, 25 Aug 2022: Conservatives think education is a threat. They’re right.

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Conservatives Against Change, Even as the Planet Burns

Posted on Friday 19 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Paul Krugman, 15 Aug 2022: Why Republicans Turned Against the Environment In 1990 Congress passed an amendment to the Clean Air Act of 1970, among other things taking action against acid rain, urban smog and ozone. The legislation was … Continue reading →

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Those Who Would Return Us to the Dark Ages

Posted on Wednesday 17 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The theme of my post two days ago — about the similarity, albeit to differing degrees, between the attack on Salman Rushdie, and the attacks on education and democracy by today’s political right in the US — is the theme … Continue reading →

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Matters of Degree

Posted on Monday 15 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Between the attack on Salman Rushdie, and book banners in the US. Both motivated by religion and ideology to suppress the thoughts of others.

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Non-representative Legislatures

Posted on Saturday 13 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Ten days ago in this post, in the aftermath of the Kansas vote supporting protections for abortion, I wondered this: So what are the justifications of Republican politicians who keep passing or trying to pass restrictions on abortion, when the … Continue reading →

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