Category Archives: conservatives

Art, Heroes, Money

Posted on Tuesday 15 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

This is not a surprise. Conservatives are unmoved by abstract art. Art should be about their heroes, or themselves. The Atlantic, Kelsey Ables, yesterday: Why Does Donald Trump Hate This Sculpture?, subtitled “The president wants the Smithsonian to add a … Continue reading →

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The Conservative Denial of Existential Threats

Posted on Monday 14 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump thinks concerns about AI are a hoax; Paul Krugman related AI to climate change: the MAGA plot(s) to destroy humanity. – – – Trump thinks concern about AI is a hoax. CNN, today: Trump dismisses AI alarms as a … Continue reading →

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Tribalists, Bribes, 9/11 and Tyranny, Fear, and Cheating

Posted on Friday 11 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Reading David Pakman, and considering Republican history since Reagan; Trumps is now trying to bribe voters; How the Patriot Act, passed after 9/11 and never repealed, have given Trump the tools to become a tyrant; How Republicans use fear to … Continue reading →

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Rejecting Reality, and Truth

Posted on Thursday 10 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

More about the new UN map of the world; MAGA preferred the previous, less accurate one; Trump is now bribing American voters; Republicans defend lying; Robert Reich calls Trump completely bonkers; Heather Cox Richardson expands on Trump’s lies; Trumps talks … Continue reading →

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Wendell Berry and Conservative Thinking

Posted on Saturday 5 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Two essays about Wendell Berry and his kind of short-term-thinking conservatism; How Sam Alito makes millions from encouraging climate disaster; Quick links. – – – I don’t have a lot to say about Wendell Berry, the poet and essayist who … Continue reading →

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Is America Literally Being Sabotaged? From Within?

Posted on Thursday 3 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Is America being sabotaged from within? Robert Reich asks his readers what gives them hope, with four options; Headlines about Haitians, Satan, a terror attack, the end of free meals for children, hiding statistics, how conservatives are realizing Dolly Parton … Continue reading →

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We’re a Cooperative Species, Not an Isolationist Tribal One, Mostly

Posted on Wednesday 2 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Essay on how the future of independence is interdependence; Short items about JD Vance’s sense of spiritual darkness, and his apparent welcoming of the “end times”; a new Navy Secretary who believes in witchcraft; asking why psychics don’t help in … Continue reading →

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Self-Destruction and Magical Thinking

Posted on Wednesday 26 August 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Self-destruction: Of the US military, of the Kennedy Center; How MAGA’s religious freedom doesn’t apply to Muslims; Dimwits: Darline Graham, advocates for “conservative-based” science; a GOP nominee who thinks humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time; Liars, vanity projects … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Overload?

Posted on Tuesday 25 August 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Is humanity suffering information overload? Why people hate data centers; Why people hate the government; Is this all about the increasing complexity of the world, and the limits of human cognition? Comments about Trump and Canada from Robert Charles Wilson … Continue reading →

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Kevin, Sean, Darline

Posted on Sunday 23 August 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Noting Kevin Kelly’s substack; David French, Sean Duffy, Harvard, and fear of corruption; World hunger is declining; How is Sharia Law worse than Christian Nationalism? (asking for a friend); Ignoramous Darline Graham pivots to a safe conservative target: trans kids. … Continue reading →

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