Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

Links and Comments: It Could Have Been Worse; It Might Get Worse; Lessons

Posted on 9 January 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I don’t pretend to have any special insight into current events, but for the sake of perspective, of checking back from the future to see where we were at on this day, I will briefly summarize. (Similarly, it would be … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: How People Think; the Election and the Pandemic

Posted on 10 December 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s been a few days since last bunch of links and comments, and I’ve collected several since then that perhaps can be fit together into some kind of overe-arching theme. It’s about how different people think differently. I should say … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Facebook Memes

Posted on 27 November 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Quoted without comment. Opinions, not claims of fact; From Gloria Steinem: How about we treat every young man who wants to buy a gun like every woman who wants to get an abortion — mandatory 48-hour waiting period, parental permission, … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Bubbles and B.S.

Posted on 24 October 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump’s performance at the second vice-presidential debate indicated to numerous people that all he knows about the world are conspiracy-mongering talking points from Fox News and other right wing sites. In some cases all you have to do is read … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Against Trump; Roe v. Wade and Personal Choices; Scientists and Stories

Posted on 19 October 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Sunday’s NYT Opinion section — typically 10 or 12 pages — was devoted entirely to spelling out (yet again!) why Trump is such an awful president: End Our National Crisis, subtitled “The Case Against Donald Trump.” One section of which … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Sides of History; Myths and Lies; Voting Inequities

Posted on 17 October 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Washington Post: Trump brought data from the Fox News universe to a debate centered in reality How Trump, and Fox News (in particular Laura Ingraham), lie with statistics, as the article explains in great detail. It’s all spin, aimed at … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Abortion, and Mayor Pete

Posted on 13 October 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s a transcript of a portion of an interview with Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who ran for the Democratic nomination for president earlier this year. This transcript has been floating around for months, and when … Continue reading →

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Link and Comments: Challenge to Conventional Wisdom: About the Nuclear Family

Posted on 10 August 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

That long NYT news story about the religious heartland that I posted a couple days ago included this quote from a Mr. Driesen, a utility company worker: “Unfortunately, there’s just more divorce than there used to be,” he said. “There’s … Continue reading →

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Link and Comments: The View from Down Under

Posted on 10 August 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Several of my Facebook friends occasionally post the entire text of this or that article or editorial in their post, or in a comment to their post, for the sake of those others who don’t have subscriptions to, say, the … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Coronavirus, Conservative Propaganda, Vaccines, Flat-Earthers, the view of the US from around the world

Posted on 30 July 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Paul Krugman: The Cult of Selfishness Is Killing America; subtitle: The right has made irresponsible behavior a key principle. So we’re failing dismally on both the epidemiological and the economic fronts. But why? … So what was going on? … Continue reading →

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