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TACO and Cognitive Surrender

Posted on Tuesday 7 April 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

The world worries about presidential insanity and nuclear war until Trump backs down, yet again; AI and “cognitive surrender”; With some perspective about electronic calculators and other forms of new technology over the millennia; And how the surrender of critical … Continue reading →

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Eve of Destruction?

Posted on Sunday 5 April 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Is Trump about to start World War III? Will big US cities be here in two days? (Look up “Eve of Destruction” on YouTube. It’s from 1965, and notice how many of the images are familiar in 2026.) How far … Continue reading →

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God-Botherers

Posted on Saturday 4 April 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Ross Douthat and Bart Ehrman debate about the evolution of human morality; I’m not completely on board with either of them, and have a better explanation; Examples of the religiously besotted: who think Christ is the King of America; who … Continue reading →

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Psychics and Literacy

Posted on Friday 3 April 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

If psychics are real, why hasn’t even one shown up to find Nancy Guthrie? Pete Hegseth keeps blocking military promotions for blacks and females; And he’s holding a Protestants-only Good Friday service; Big Think on the persistence of intuitive superstitious … Continue reading →

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American Priorities under MAGA

Posted on Thursday 2 April 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Reactions to Trump’s speech last night about Iran; And how his cult defends him no matter what he does; They imagine outlawing the Democrats; The oxymoronic Trump library; How Trump’s case against the 14th amendment did not go well before … Continue reading →

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Grasping Reality, or Not

Posted on Tuesday 31 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Robert Reich on how Trump thinks he’s winning, but isn’t; Matt Gaetz thinks the US Army is engaging in an alien hybrid breeding program; How some pardoned Jan. 6th rioters have engaged in crime sprees; Paul Krugman wonders why Trump’s … Continue reading →

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Education Conservative Style: Robots

Posted on Monday 30 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Conservative ideas of education: replace teachers with robots; Takes on Stephen Miller, white supremacists, Trump voters, college Republicans, taking away the car keys, and Pete Hegseth by Tom Nichols and Paul Krugman; Radiohead: “I Might Be Wrong” – – – … Continue reading →

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Morality Wars

Posted on Monday 23 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump declares Democrats as the greatest enemy of America; Trump demands election rigging plan be approved “for Jesus”; Why do MAGA keep supporting Trump? Perhaps some kind of selective, “vertical”, morality; How Trump has cultivated the ugliest passions within the … Continue reading →

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Increasing Willful Ignorance and Intolerance

Posted on Thursday 19 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

How energy independence, which even Fox News once thought could avoid the quandary we now face in the Strait or Hormuz, is now regarded as a scam by the likes of JD Vance; How Trump and MAGA are all for … Continue reading →

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The War, the Economy, and Religion

Posted on Wednesday 18 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Yet more commentators on the stupidity of this war with Iran, from Adam Lee, Suzanne Maloney, and Susan B. Glasser; How the economies under Biden and Trump aren’t that much different; Brief items about why conservatives need guns, Christian Nationalists … Continue reading →

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