Category Archives: Conservative Resistance

Christmas Week Rain; Insecurities and Lack of Imagination

Posted on Wednesday 22 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Finished my Christmas shopping today — I had to be done today — though one or two ordered items won’t be here until next week. It rained fairly heavily last night and the residue set in today; supposedly not raining, … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Theocrats, School Boards, Libraries, Shocked Parents; The Sound of Music

Posted on Monday 20 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

How shocked parents are fighting back against school boards and public libraries; how other parents respond; how and when abortion became so important to the Christian right; and about the usual Republican gerrymandering. With an endpiece about The Sound of … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: War on Christmas; Book Hoarders

Posted on Monday 13 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

The earliest people who objected to Christmas were… the Puritans. And a piece about famous people who own lots of books.

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Links & Comments & Thoughts for the Day & Endpiece: 3 Dec 21

Posted on Friday 3 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Thought for the day: All the Christmas carols, all the movies about Santa, and so on, are *fan fiction*. Another thought for the day: I haven’t seen anyone point out that the reason Covid variants keep appearing, and then spreading … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Resistance to Learning; and Learning

Posted on Thursday 2 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Articles about William F. Buckley, the Republicans’ war on education, and fire management.

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Ls&Cs: Irony; Banning Books

Posted on Wednesday 1 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

The most significant item I have today, which I saw a couple days ago, was via a Facebook post by Moshe Feder, who helpfully copied it in its entirety: an article on New Scientist, by Annalee Newitz, which is not … Continue reading →

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SF L&Cs: The Danger of Books

Posted on Saturday 27 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Today the Bay Area cousins had a mid-afternoon “pie party” at one of their places in Foster City along the canal. An occasion to bring left-over pies from Thanksgiving? No; everyone brought fresh, even home-made pies, and other food as … Continue reading →

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L&Cs: Blacklisted in Texas

Posted on Wednesday 24 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Andrew Solomon.

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L&Cs: Wars on Education

Posted on Tuesday 23 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Controversies like the current one over the teaching of “critical race theory” have, of course, happened before.

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Links & Comments: How the Media Should Cover Indecent Politicians; The Streisand Effect

Posted on Monday 22 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s the beginning the holiday season, which means I’ll get less done. I’m a little like Isaac Asimov, in the way that he famously preferred to stay at home (in his Manhattan highrise, with the curtains closed) to read and … Continue reading →

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