Category Archives: conservatives

Along the Spectra

Posted on Friday 16 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

In the context of the Tom Cruise film Digger, thoughts about the difficulties of thinking about climate change; Neil deGrasse Tyson wonders if humans are intelligent enough to understand everything; Fareed Zakaria on why Marco Rubio thinks the West is … Continue reading →

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Dicey Claims

Posted on Saturday 26 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

No, Noah’s Ark has not been found, again; Evidence suggests Trump wanted the Kennedy Center to fall into ruin; Lenders around the world don’t trust the US; An example of how AI is making things worse, by claiming credit for … Continue reading →

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There Is Only So Much Land

Posted on Friday 25 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

A similar broad theme today. This goes along with the item two days ago about J.D. Vance’s notion of “Heritage Americans” who, in his fascist, hierarchical mindset, are more deserving to run America than others. Jerry Coyne, yesterday: The two-state … Continue reading →

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What Is It Conservatives Want to Conserve?

Posted on Wednesday 23 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

The worst of the past? The protocols of primitive human nature? That’s what it seems like. Are they aware of this? Trump wants to make America 1988 again; Trump got played on the Greenland deal; The superficiality of Fox news … Continue reading →

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Art, Heroes, Money

Posted on Tuesday 15 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Conservatives and abstract art; Trump threatens to close the Kennedy Center if he can’t get his name on it; EPA easing pollution limits; Robert Reich on why Trump loves AI; Heather Cox Richardson on Russia’s financial support for Donald Jr.’s … 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 relates 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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