Mark R. Kelly
» Founder in 1997 and site-runner for 20 years of Locus Online (Hugo Award winner in 2002). Founder in 2012 and still site-runner of sfadb.com (Science Fiction Awards Database). Retired in 2012 after 30 years as a software engineer for a certain rocket engine factory.
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Category Archives: Lunacy
Shades of Baseless Certainty
Sean Hannity thinks the new pope is too liberal, and Hannity (of course) lies about crime; MTG thinks Catholics are evil; how RFK Jr thinks that the new Surgeon General being unqualified makes her a perfect choice; MAGA’s “soft eugenics” … Continue reading
The Conservative War Against Liberals, and Cat Toys
Trump’s war against Harvard isn’t about anti-Semitism, it’s about a war against being liberal; And how this fits into my running theme on this blog; The US is trying to impose its anti-DEI values on other countries; Crime is down, … Continue reading
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Cory Doctorow on Project 2025 and Long Knives
Cory Doctorow on how the Project 2025 document is an anthology of often contradictory right-wing fantasies; How Europe is recruiting American scientists, since America under Trump doesn’t want them; Short items about tariffs, tariffs on movies made outside the US, … Continue reading
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Tribal Warpaint
How Trump doesn’t want to govern, and rejects the idea of American government as a collaboration; How the idea of consumer choice led to the idea of being gay; Trump and covid.gov rewrite the history, as authoritarians do; How Trump … Continue reading
The Cowboy Myth, Presidential Corruption, and Disingenuous Cuts to Science Research
Heather Cox Richard on the “cowboy myth” that informs the Trump presidency; How Trump et al are giving billionaires a bad name; How Trump has done the most corrupt thing any president has ever done — getting rich from anonymous … Continue reading
Conservative Intellectuals, and the Wrong Way to Do Science
Robert Reich collects comments from conservative intellectuals about the Trump administration; Reich summarizes ten points that demonstrates Trump’s ineptitude and incompetence; Similarly, Salon’s Brian Karem on how Trump has turned the White House into a joke; How RFK Jr.’s approach … Continue reading
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The Most Sublime Moment in Classical Music
Asimov on Heinlein, about libertarianism; More about “viewpoint diversity” in science, and how scientists react; About another stupidly doctored photo by Trump, to prove something to his dimwitted followers; How the history Trump wants to erase hold the answer to … Continue reading
Today’s Notes on the Destruction of America
How the quality of American life depends on the regulations that Trump and his vandals are discarding; Paul Krugman on Trump’s trade war and how they don’t know what they’re doing; Dana Milbank on how Trump’s first 100 days are … Continue reading
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The Future is Coal Mining? Really?
How Thomas L. Friedman has never been more afraid for our country’s future; How RFK Jr.’s claims about autism are nonsense; And a deep piece at NYT about migration patterns around the world. – – – As with the manufacturing … Continue reading
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In a Sense, It’s All About Tribal Conformity
Today’s deep thought about religion and conformity; How US scientists have withdrawn their names from a scientific paper about evolution, for fear of reprisal — one of them coincidentally mentioned in a piece posted yesterday; Short items about Trump’s lapel … Continue reading
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