Author Archives: Mark R. Kelly

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Posted on Wednesday 29 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Five ideas to tell when America has become a dictatorship; A Jesus and Mo cartoon that reflects my discussions of secular awe and religion; Phil Zuckerman on how social justice is secular; Short items about worries of American’s impending population … Continue reading →

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Moral Rot

Posted on Tuesday 28 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Paul Krugman on food stamps/SNAP; the common conservative belief that recipients are malingerers; and some facts about who actually gets those benefits; The Labor Department’s white supremacist posters; Short items; Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld on Trump’s disrespect, and how he’s … Continue reading →

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What People Know, and What They Want

Posted on Monday 27 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

What undecided voters say they are concerned about, vs. reality; Tom Tomorrow on effect and cause, within the Trump administration; An OnlySky piece by Michael Carteron about the paradox of modern life; Jerry Coyne on Charles Murray’s “God-sized hole”; My … Continue reading →

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Drizzly

Posted on Sunday 26 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Intro; Are religions by their nature fascist? Latest on the Republican war on science; Peanut allergies go away when infants are exposed early on; Takes on what socialism is. – – – It was drizzly all weekend. Yesterday we attended … Continue reading →

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Disintegration

Posted on Sunday 26 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

The Pentagon Press Corps; Trump’s pardons; Charlie Kirk; The East Wing and the new ballroom, with an analysis that suggests the proposed ballroom is not real; Short items. – – – What’s new? \ Propaganda, not news. Slate, Molly Olmstead, … Continue reading →

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They’re Already Here

Posted on Friday 24 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

About transcendence, and alien intelligence. More about “transcendence,” and quibbling with that essay I linked yesterday. It said this: Transcendence—basically, the human experience of a higher and deeper reality somehow hidden in our everyday existences, but giving hints of itself … Continue reading →

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Transcendence, and Science Fiction

Posted on Thursday 23 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Writers keep puzzling about the idea of transcendence and its association with religion; I’ve proposed an answer; Local news about federal agents in Alameda, near me, and how Trump called them off today; Heather Cox Richardson about the destruction of … Continue reading →

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Demolition

Posted on Wednesday 22 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump demolishes the East Wing, after promising not to; Michelle Goldberg about MAGA; Robert Reich on options to challenge the right’s “hate America” rhetoric; Short items about how Christians should be in charge of everything, how MAGA hates people from … Continue reading →

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Slop

Posted on Tuesday 21 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Essays about AI slop, and how this endangers objective truth; Trump is tearing down the East Wing of the White House, after he said he wouldn’t; Responses to Trump’s poop video; Paul Krugman on Trump’s loss of touch with reality; … Continue reading →

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The Need for Community

Posted on Monday 20 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

An essay about how humans raised children in villages, throughout most of history; Another essay about how Gen Z-ers are drawn to conservative Christianity, not because it’s in any way true, but because of that same need for community; Heather … Continue reading →

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