Category Archives: Politics

Endless Polarization, Ideology, and What MAGA Means

Posted on Sunday 8 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

David French on polarization; the inevitability of endless political arguments; how MAGA is about white Christian men.

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LQCs: Whose Religious Freedom?

Posted on Saturday 7 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Today’s San Francisco Chronicle has this opinion piece about religious freedom. San Francisco Chronicle, Daniel Bogard and Tana Senn, 6 May 2022: Supreme Court’s Roe ruling would trample the religious freedom of every Jewish American

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LQCs: On Abortion: Magical Thinking v. Reality

Posted on Friday 6 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I’m not going to belabor the current abortion issue; it’s been going on for decades (and I’ve written about abortion before here), and the arguments haven’t changed. But before I comment or quote from any more links, let me summarize … Continue reading →

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LQCs: The New Era of Reducing Civil Rights, via Religious Reactionaries

Posted on Thursday 5 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

So we are now in an era when the Supreme Court — driven by religious reactionaries — is *taking away* rights rather than ensuring they apply to all people. What’s next? as many are asking. Right to marry? To segregate? … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Paranoia and Fantasy Realities

Posted on Saturday 30 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Pondering. NYT, 30 April 2022: Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ Subtitled: “Night after night, the host of the most-watched show in prime-time cable news uses a simple narrative to instill fear in his viewers: ‘They’ want to … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Reality, Fantasy, Narcissism

Posted on Wednesday 27 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Media Matters, Payton Armstrong, 27 April 2022: According to right-wing media, anything that makes them look bad is a “false flag” Subtitled: “Whether it’s acts of right-wing violence, Russian war crimes, or the January 6 pipe bombs, right-wing media personalities … Continue reading →

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LQCs: News, Propaganda, Ideologies, and a Modern Wise Man

Posted on Monday 25 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

First, two items that follow-up the last item in yesterday’s post. Following, a modern wise one about ideologies.

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LQCs: Sanctimony and Amorality

Posted on Sunday 24 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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LQCs: Imaginary Problems, Critical Thinking, 11-Point Plans, and Prophets

Posted on Wednesday 20 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Latest in a recurring theme about how Republicans not only aren’t trying to solve real problems, or even fighting the culture wars, they’re fighting *imaginary* problems to rile up their white working class base. NYT, Paul Krugman, 18 April 2022: … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Jonathan Haidt on the Corrosive Effects of Social Media

Posted on Monday 18 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The Atlantic website has a long essay (some 5000 words at an estimate) by Jonathan Haidt, to appear in the May 2022 print edition. The Atlantic, Jonathan Haidt, 11 April 2022: Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have … Continue reading →

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