Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

Book Censorship, Swivel-Eyed Loons, and Declining Millennial Religion

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Three items today. Why book censorship doesn’t work, and how conservatives don’t learn this. Cory Doctorow on how the objections to the “15-minute city” reflect a genuine concern about corporate influence over the government. How the current generation (unlike past … Continue reading →

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Gun Violence and Mental Illness

Posted on Saturday 29 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Observations about gun violence in the US and its relationship to mental illness. Last month Washington Post published results of a survey, asking AR-15 owners why they bought and owned them. Washington Post, 27 Mar 2023: Why do Americans own … Continue reading →

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A Warm Friday Afternoon

Posted on Friday 28 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

For today, several links and comments, and only one quote. About: The Ten Commandments in Texas; The ambitions of powerful men; The potential loss of literacy; Simon Winchester’s book about the transmission of knowledge; Jerry Coyne on Jesus ‘n’ Mo … Continue reading →

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The Relative Risks of Being Alive

Posted on Thursday 27 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

The latest scientific studies of the effects of alcohol have concluded that the best amount of consumption is as little as possible, and how this is best understood through statistics about all kinds of risks; Robert Reich’s take on Trump … Continue reading →

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The Continued Deadly Consequences of the Obsolete Second Amendment

Posted on Sunday 23 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

The latest in the endless commentary about gun violence in the US: items about how America fails the civilization test; how gun violence is worse in Red States (despite what the Republicans say about big Blue cities); and how the … Continue reading →

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Our New Hillside, and the usual political matters

Posted on Friday 21 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

First of all, tree trimmers have been near us for two days, trimming and potentially cutting down the eucalyptus trees on the hillside next to our house. This is welcome news because eucalyptus trees are fire-prone, and because a couple … Continue reading →

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Zbigniew Preisner, and the Daily News

Posted on Thursday 20 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Some slow thoughtful music, to keep things in perspective, against the daily news. And then daily news about frightened old people using their guns.

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Making the Story Go Away

Posted on Tuesday 18 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

The big news today: Fox News has settled the case brought by Dominion Voting Systems. (Fox News had repeatedly implied that the 2020 election was somehow stolen via manipulation of the voting machines built by Dominion. Without an ounce of … Continue reading →

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Drag, the Abortion Pill, Blue Cities in Red States

Posted on Monday 17 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Why conservatives are so upset by drag; The Comstock Law, an antiquated precedent conservatives use to justify things they don’t like, like the abortion pill; And how people are fleeing blue states for red states — but into blue cities.

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They Have Always Been With Us

Posted on Sunday 16 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

This is a clever graphic I saw two or three times on Facebook.

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