Category Archives: Economics

Dictatorship Promises; What America Actually Is; and Visions from God

Posted on 8 December 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

A Republican critic of journalist Robert Kagan, who wrote about how a Trump dictatorship (see previous posts) would harass journalists, make Kagan’s point by threatening to harass Kagan; Maybe Trump and his followers *are* what America is; More about Mike … Continue reading →

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Personal Jesus and Other Fantasies

Posted on 2 December 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

How Russia is cracking down on the Gay Rights Movement, just as American evangelicals would like to do; A laughable debate about whether the Earth is flat or round, based on Biblical theology; A take on the economy that suggests … Continue reading →

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Just ’cause you feel it / Doesn’t mean it’s there

Posted on 25 November 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Comments about that article that distinguished between “liberals” and “progressives”; Yet another piece about how “voters feel one way about the economy but act differently”; An historical overview about how the US economy is no longer the greatest in history; … Continue reading →

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Disconnects about the Economy

Posted on 13 November 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

There have been several articles recently about how, and why, economists think the economy is doing just fine, while ordinary people (voters) don’t. Why would this be? Are these ordinary people simply poisoned by partisan propaganda? Or is it something … Continue reading →

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Disconnects from Reality

Posted on 27 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

The economy is doing great and yet conservatives deny it; Heather Cox Richardson contrasts worldviews, one leading to our economy, the other to mass shootings; More about House Speaker Mike Johnson: hate for LGBTQ+ people; allegiance with “debunked faux-historian” David … Continue reading →

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UBI, Shopping, and San Francisco

Posted on 16 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Another take on the idea of “universal basic income”; About conservative supermarket shopping habits; San Francisco’s ranking among world cities. Another take on the idea of “universal basic income,” the counter-intuitive (and anathema to conservatives) notion than the government simply … Continue reading →

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Rapture, Autism, Economics, Authoritarianism

Posted on 26 September 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

The predicted Rapture that did not (of course) come true; How some Christians believe autism is demonic, and (of course) why they’re wrong; Paul Krugman on why Republicans cling to “right-wing economics”; Heather Cox Richardson, excerpting her new book, on … Continue reading →

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No Evidence vs. Evidence

Posted on 12 September 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Two items today. How Republicans are determined to impeach President Biden, despite lack of any evidence of his committing any crime (in striking contrast for former president Trump); How many people think crime is worse than ever, and the economy … Continue reading →

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Items about the Economy and Atheism

Posted on 8 September 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Settling in with the new laptop today, making all the fiddly adjustment settings away from the defaults that I’ve lived with for years on my previous device. It’s a decent exercise to re-examine why I made those changes. And to … Continue reading →

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Morality and Projection

Posted on 1 September 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Where does morality come from? And who’s moral, and why? David Barton thinks Democrats cheat because they’re not “God-fearing” (despite the evidence of its being the Republicans who cheat); In contrast to Phil Zuckerman’s evidence about how people without religious … Continue reading →

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