Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

No Worries, Only Social Control

Posted on Friday 28 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Conservatives worry a lot. About the wrong things.

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Climate Change, Pathogens, and Following the Money

Posted on Monday 24 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve brought up the connection between climate change (to the extent of the warming and melting of permafrost) and an increased rate of new pathogens, before. Here are some new studies about that connection.

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It’s Been Happening Here All Along

Posted on Tuesday 18 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Jamelle Bouie, 18 Oct 2022: The U.S. Thinks ‘It Can’t Happen Here.’ It Already Has. The quoted phrase is, of course, the title of a famous 1935 novel by Sinclair Lewis, on the idea that the fascism of Hitler’s … Continue reading →

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Neil deGrasse Tyson; Gregory Berns; the Myth of a Lost Golden Age

Posted on Friday 14 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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Yom Kippur, Belief in Belief, Doctrine of Discovery, the SBC

Posted on Thursday 13 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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Today’s Links and Comments about Politics and Religion

Posted on Monday 10 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Andrew Sullivan and Connie Willis on the current state of affairs; End-times thinking; Edsall on Two Americas; the crushing of American socialism; more items about politics and religion.

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Marin Vaxxers

Posted on Monday 3 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Soumya Karlamangla, posted 2 Oct 2022, in today’s paper: Once Known for Vaccine Skeptics, Marin Now Tells Them ‘You’re Not Welcome’ Subtitled: “The wealthy California county just north of San Francisco has one of the nation’s highest Covid-19 vaccination … Continue reading →

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Parameters of Abortion

Posted on Thursday 29 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Two items about abortion today, one from Richard Dawkins about the illogical premise of the anti-abortionists; another about continued Republican efforts to criminalize abortion to the point of executions of women.

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Commitment to America and Zombie Economics

Posted on Tuesday 27 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Washington Post, Eugene Robinson, 26 Sep 2022: The only agenda that unifies the Republican Party is revenge

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SF Reviews by Spinrad and Tuttle; Political Issues, Trends, Headlines

Posted on Thursday 15 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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