Category Archives: Politics

Government Propagandizing and Proselytizing

Posted on Monday 18 July 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, 16 Jul 2022: Putin Aims to Shape a New Generation of Supporters, Through Schools, subtitled, “Sweeping changes in the curriculum will soon cast the Russian president as a pivotal historical figure and mark an end of openness to the … Continue reading →

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Failed Policies? Or Disingenuous Ones?

Posted on Thursday 7 July 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Republican policies have failed the nation — Thom Hartmann explains how. Republican positions have been wrong, wrong, wrong — David Brin explains why. Or have they? The rich are getting richer, and the fundamentalists are getting their way. Perhaps it’s … Continue reading →

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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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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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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: SCOTUS: Christian Proselytizing Is Fine

Posted on Monday 27 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

CNN, 27 Jun 2022: Supreme Court further erodes separation between church and state in case of praying football coach No surprise here; the current SCOTUS has been consistently favoring religious interests in every possible circumstance. At least Christian ones! Plus, … Continue reading →

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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: Constraining Rights

Posted on Friday 24 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

As I’ve observed before, conservatives, especially the Christian ones, seem to be about constraining rights (for others) and expanding rights (for themselves), while liberals are about expanding rights for everyone to the extent they don’t conflict with each other. Why … Continue reading →

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