Category Archives: Culture

Kids These Days, Bauerlein and Will Style

Posted on Saturday 9 July 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Beware cranky old men complaining about kids these days. Surely George F. Will, a renowned (conservative) political commentator, knows better. Washington Post, George F. Will, 8 July 2022: How millennials became aggressively illiberal, censorious young adults

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The Gun Nuts, Like the Terrorists, Are Winning

Posted on Wednesday 6 July 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The terrorists of 9/11 won by not destroying the country, but by instilling a paranoia in American society that entails those excruciating TSA lines to board airplanes that involve taking off shoes and belts. By millions of us, every day. … Continue reading →

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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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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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More Thinking about Women and Men

Posted on Sunday 19 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

To follow up on yesterday’s post, two items today.

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Proper Ways of Thinking: Women Without Men

Posted on Saturday 18 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Pamela Paul, 21 June 2022: She Wrote a Dystopian Novel. What Happened Next Was Pretty Dystopian.

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LQCs: Blame Games

Posted on Tuesday 7 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Washington Post, Jennifer Rubin, 6 Jun 2022: Most Americans don’t accept the mass slaughter of children. Why does the GOP?

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LQCs: Privileges

Posted on Sunday 5 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Claimed for knowledge that came first; claimed by those in power to preserve their status.

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Vaclav Smil, NUMBERS DON’T LIE

Posted on Friday 3 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This is a 2020 book by a writer I had never heard of, until reading a pre-publication review in PW of his 2022 book How the World Really Works, which was just published in May. Smil is something of a … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Religious Blame and Feral Pigs

Posted on Wednesday 1 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Los Angeles Times, LZ Granderson, 1 Jun 2022: Republicans use ‘God’ to turn tragedies into talking points

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