Mark R. Kelly
» Founder in 1997 and site-runner for 20 years of Locus Online (Hugo Award winner in 2002). Founder in 2012 and still site-runner of sfadb.com (Science Fiction Awards Database). Retired in 2012 after 30 years as a software engineer for a certain rocket engine factory.
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- Richard Dawkins, THE GOD DELUSION, post 5
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- Richard Dawkins, THE GOD DELUSION, post 4
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- Richard Dawkins, THE GOD DELUSION, post 3
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Author Archives: Mark R. Kelly
Nicholas Humphrey, LEAPS OF FAITH
Subtitle: “Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation” (Basic Books, Jan. 1996, 244pp, including 20pp notes and index) (Chatto & Windus, 1995, as Soul Searching: Human Nature and Supernatural Belief) Here’s a book I read when it came out, … Continue reading
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Crime, Hypocrisy, Fraud & Abuse, Doing Your Own Research, Cafeteria Religion, and Christian Presumption
Crime rates are falling; crime is not a national emergency; Why do people think otherwise? Republicans criticize Democrats for what they are doing now; Why do Republicans think there is so much fraud and abuse everywhere? Why “doing your own … Continue reading
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How to Fix the Budget; MAGA; Steven Pinker
Paul Krugman’s constructive suggestions for fixing the budget; While Trump’s allegiances lie with lower taxes for the rich and cuts to the social safety net for the poor; How MAGA is about bimbos, like Kristi Noem and Sarah Palin, who … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics, Steven Pinker
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Taxes and Benefits, Empathy, Genocide
Republicans, predictably, cut taxes for the rich and benefits for the poor. Because the poor deserve their station, apparently (and the rich fund Republicans); Now among Christians empathy is a sin! (Do they actually read their Bibles?); Trump is obsessed … Continue reading
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Substack as the new Royal Society, vs MAGA waging war on the future
Will Substack be the Royal Society of the 21st century? While Trump and MAGA wage war on the future; Robert Reich on *why* Trump and his regime want to destroy every institution in America; And my running theme about the … Continue reading
Posted in authoritarianism, Conservative Resistance, Evolution, Human Nature, Politics, science fiction
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Taker States and Desi Arnaz
Thomas Edsall on the destructiveness of the Trump presidency; As the US discounts investments in the future, China is taking the lead; How Trump World clings to conspiracy theories; And how Trump folks simply stop enforcing rules they don’t like, … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, Politics, TV Sci Fi
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The Daily News
The range of politics reflects the range of human nature; Posts without much comments about military tribunals, hacking the economy, Jeanine Pirro’s black and white worldview, how the Qatar jet deal is Biden’s fault, Paul Krugman on sadistic zombies, and … Continue reading
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GOP/conservatives and the Rich; and the Countryside; and Star Wars
The GOP tax bill will hurt lowest earners and help the rich (of course!); NYT’s Jamelle Bouie on Republican hypocrisy and the countryside; Trek v. Wars, and how Wars reveals conservatives’ authoritarian fantasies. – – – NY Times, Tony Romm, … Continue reading
Posted in conservatives, Culture, science fiction
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86 Hypocrisy, Our Puritan Legacy, and Belief in God
86 47, and 86 46; The GOP’s new anti-porn bill, and the US’s puritan legacy; Richard Dawkins on belief in god. – – – I almost thought this would be too trivial to mention, except that Heather leads last night’s … Continue reading
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Supreme Court, Christian Nationalists, Afrikaners
Amanda Marcotte on how the Supreme Court has been captured by far-right conspiracy theories; How the simplest explanation for what’s going on, on several fronts, is basic white supremacy; About Russell Vought; Trump’s morality and his rationale for accepting Afrikaner … Continue reading
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