Monthly Archives: March 2022

LQCs: Happiest Nations; Social Constructs; Salesforce Park

Posted on 21 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Yesterday we visited Salesforce Park, in the city.

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LQCs: Grievances, Envy, Government & Technology, Sleeping at Night

Posted on 20 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

What I discussed yesterday is in today’s NYT. NYT, Charles Homans, 19 March 2022: Trucker Protest Moved by More Than Opposition to Covid Mandates, “The demonstrators camped outside Washington are rallying against Covid restrictions, but are fueled by a far … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Contrarians, Conspiracy Theories, and Talking Points

Posted on 19 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The Atlantic, David French, 18 March 2022: What the Russia Invasion Teaches Us About the Right, subtitled, “Contrarians aren’t critical thinkers. They’re gullible reactionaries, vulnerable to conspiracy theories.”

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LQCs: Ideology First, and Never Mind Facts

Posted on 18 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Republicans pulled a fast one for DST. And according to them, everything wrong in the world is the Democrats’ or Biden’s fault.

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LQCs: More about DST and the effects on US states

Posted on 17 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Maps of how DST would affect US states, and commentaries.

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Musings

Posted on 16 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I have several more links about the DST initiative, but for the moment… I’ve created a page on this site called Musings, which is now up there on the top menu bar, where I’m compiling links and summaries to various … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Legislating Reality: Redefining “Noon”

Posted on 15 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A bill passed the Senate today to make Daylight Saving [not Savings] Time permanent. This, in effect, would redefine noon, in the US, to be the time of day indicated by 1pm on the clock. This is, in effect, changing … Continue reading →

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LQ&Cs: Russia, Putin, gas prices, the open society

Posted on 14 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Russia and fake news, how current gas prices reflect actions untaken and short-term memories, Paul Krugman on Putin vs. the open society, and where Republicans might go with Ukraine conspiracy theories.

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Arthur C. Clarke, RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA (1973)

Posted on 13 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This was Clarke’s first novel after “returning” to writing novels after the break of nearly a decade collaborating with Stanley Kubrick on the book and film 2001: A Space Odyssey. (His previous major novel had been A Fall of Moondust … Continue reading →

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L&Cs: Yet Another All-Time Novel List

Posted on 12 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Just discovered, at 4:45pm, that I don’t have time for anything substantial this evening; we’re having guests within half an hour. (Was going to write up Clarke’s RAMA. Maybe tomorrow.) So here’s a kind of link and comment I don’t … Continue reading →

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