Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

Climate Change Denial and Christian Nationalists

Posted on Tuesday 5 July 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Today, links about the threats, to American democracy and the survival of the planet, from conservatives, especially the religious ones. NYT, Paul Krugman, 4 July 2022: Another Step Toward Climate Apocalypse

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Independence

Posted on Monday 4 July 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s always struck me that America (that is, the US) stands defiantly independent against the rest of the world, secure in its self-righteousness and uncaring or even contemptuous of what other countries think about it. After all, they’re not the … Continue reading →

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The Blue Nation and the Red Nation

Posted on Sunday 3 July 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” — variations by Bertrand Russell, William Butler Yeats, and others.

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Evolution, Culture Wars, and Science Fiction

Posted on Thursday 30 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Jerry Coyne, 29 Jun 2022: Once again: A misguided article on why the theory of evolution is obsolete This discusses an article in the UK newspaper Guardian, Do we need a new theory of evolution?, by Stephen Buranyi, which uses … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Christian Extremism

Posted on Tuesday 28 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Paul Krugman, 27 Jun 2022: Why Did Republicans Become So Extreme?

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LQCs: The Moral Arc Is Bending Backwards

Posted on Sunday 26 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A couple of these items today echo points I’ve made in recent days.

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LQCs: Conservatives Anchoring Us to the Past

Posted on Saturday 25 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

How the Supreme Court decision about Roe v Wade suggests that no laws can be made about anything that was not recognized as an issue two or three centuries ago. The US is forever anchored to past standards, it seems. … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Wrong About Everything

Posted on Thursday 23 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Texas, climate change, gays, guns, Christians

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LQCs: “Born This Way” Doesn’t Matter

Posted on Friday 17 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s an article that makes good points about the changing demographics of gays and lesbians and transgenders, but for me misses the key reason that the “born this way” argument is irrelevant. Salon, Julia Serano, 17 Jun 2022: It’s time … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Trek v. Handmaids

Posted on Thursday 16 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

There’s a graphic meme going around on Facebook — no, of *course* I can’t find it now, or a link to it — that compares America’s possible future as being Star Trek’s or The Handmaid’s Tale‘s. The former’s vision of … Continue reading →

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