Category Archives: conservatives

Perhaps Zealots *Should* Be Driven Out of Public Life

Posted on Tuesday 6 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

About the drops in crime and conservative fears, two items; A Christian influencer says he met Jesus, who’s a hunk; The weird thinking of Samuel Alito about what he thinks is “religious liberty”. – – – In spite of conservative … Continue reading →

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The Hunger for Certainty

Posted on Monday 5 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

How Christians are attracted to answers from AI, since it seems to certain; Paul Krugman on the administration’s obvious corruption; Carl Zimmer: Are babies “conscious”, and whether it matters; – – – This is revealing. OnlySky, Adam Lee, today 5 … Continue reading →

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What Extra Hour of Daylight?

Posted on Friday 2 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Items about misunderstanding Daylight Saving Time, RFK Jr. and AI vs the “tyranny” of medical facts, Krugman on Trump vs the data, Trump’s anger re the media vs propaganda. (Actually posted 17 Oct, items from 2 Oct.) – – – … Continue reading →

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The Progress of Christian Nationalism

Posted on Thursday 1 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Items about Trump campaigning on the taxpayer’s dime, how Project 2025 is succeeding better than Trump himself, how Hegseth is instilling his personal religion into the military, and how Disney World solved a basic infrastructure problem. (Items from 1 Oct, … 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

Jerry Coyne on why neither Israel nor Palestine wants a two-state solution; Fareed Zakaria claims the US and China must eventually adapt, even cooperate; Robert Reich on what he’s heard from foreign leaders about America and Trump; – – – … 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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