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More About Stories v. Reality

Posted on 9 January 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Yet another item about that anthology of historical essays. Plus items about pandemics, bestseller lists, wokeness in the military, the attraction of conspiracy theories, and violence on TV.

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Recurring Themes

Posted on 5 January 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Not enough time to write a review this afternoon, so I’ll just post a few links about current events. NY Times, Charles M. Blow, 4 Jan 2023: The Burn-It-All-Down Republican Caucus

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The Weekend, and Heather Cox Richardson on 2022

Posted on 2 January 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve missed posting the past two days for various reasons.

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Today’s Features and Headlines, 9 Sept 2022

Posted on 9 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Ursula K. Le Guin, Ian McEwan; that Hunter Biden movie; Republicans taking credit; proof of Trump’s threat; D.C. welcomes immigrants; Doug Mastriano’s personal prophet, who speaks with God.

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LQCs: Sincerity, Norway, the Moral Arc

Posted on 12 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

OnlySky, Hemant Mehta, 7 May 2022: The Supreme Court should stop taking religious beliefs so seriously, subtitled, “Not every ‘sincerely held religious belief’ is sincerely held. The Supreme Court should admit that.”

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LQCs: Whose Religious Freedom?

Posted on 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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Ls&Cs: The Fiction Novel

Posted on 17 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

About how language changes, how some cultural assumptions are common among some but unknown by others, and how some people don’t know any of the things that anyone reading this blog know. With my own personal experiences of such matters, … Continue reading →

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L&Cs: Jill Lepore on Muskism and Science Fiction

Posted on 7 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Just one item today, after a long afternoon with a screaming baby.

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Ls&Cs: Problem-Solving, Ethics, Out-Group Prejudice, and Padding Bestseller Lists

Posted on 11 October 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Several links that I collected on April 20th, the day I went to the hospital for what led to my heart transplant.

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Yuval Noah Harari, SAPIENS: A Brief History of Humankind (2015)

Posted on 2 February 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Yuval Noah Harari, SAPIENS: A Brief History of Humankind (2015) This is a history of the human species in the context of “Big History” – the first page sketches the history of the entire universe as a backdrop – and … Continue reading →

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