Category Archives: Links & Comments

L&Qs&Cs: Separation of Church and State

Posted on Saturday 12 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Pleasant day today, warm and sunny. We did a half-hour walk along Robinson to Skyline and back to Crestmont. I read 150 pages of the popular Mary Robinette Kowal novel, the one that won the big awards. Of my collected … Continue reading →

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Ls&Qs&Cs: Rights and Responsibilities; Authoritarian News Filters

Posted on Wednesday 9 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Quotes and comments about an essay by Thomas L. Friedman about rights and responsibilities, and an article about what Fox News doesn’t cover.

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Ls&Qs&Cs: Project Managers; Graphics; Trust; Precautions; Programming Problems

Posted on Tuesday 8 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A few Facebook saves from this past week. About conspiracy theories, Fox News’ misinformation, trust in government (rather than science), why people don’t *want* to protect themselves, and an endpiece. Michael J. Walsh (a dealer of SF books I’ve met … Continue reading →

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Ls&Qs&Cs: Kids with Lice; Grifters; Moral Panics; USA #1; Backward We Go

Posted on Monday 7 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Catching up on current links I’ve saved from web-browsing over the past few days. First a Facebook meme: Kids with Lice

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Ls&Cs: How Big Lies are more easily believed than small ones; Supreme Court predictions

Posted on Sunday 6 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Two pieces about politics, but not for their political content, exactly. Plus an endpiece.

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Ls&Cs: Scientific Literacy and Peer Review

Posted on Wednesday 2 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Only a whiff of politics in today’s posts, about the current pandemic and public understanding of science, and the practice of scientific pre-prints.

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Ls&Qs&Cs: Fantasies and Lies and Backlashes

Posted on Tuesday 1 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s another Links & Quotes & Comments post about… recent events. What’s going on. The continued pandemic and Fox News’ complicity. How Republican strategies are making everything worse. About the suppression of Maus and its consequences. And the root of … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Covid, human sacrifice, religious faith

Posted on Friday 28 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Kurt Andersen on human sacrifice; Matthew Rozsa on Covid-19 and religious faith; headlines.

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Ls&Cs: Breyer, Maus, Panic and Alarm

Posted on Thursday 27 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A bunch of links, several of which I think make their points by their headlines. Concerning conservative hypocrisy about Supreme Court nominees, banning books, and other matters.

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Links and Comments: January 6th; How Americans Need Each Other; How to ‘Do Your Own Research’; Enduring Conspiracy Theories

Posted on Monday 3 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Let’s do some links and comments today, then tomorrow perhaps I’ll return to posting book summaries. NYT, The Editorial Board, 1 Jan 2022: Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now This could be a reference from my 2021 in Review post. … Continue reading →

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