Category Archives: Music

Is Trump Insane, Delusional, or Merely an Inveterate Liar?

Posted on Tuesday 17 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump claims a former president supports his actions in Iran; the four living former presidents all deny it; Many on the extreme right sound insane to the rest of us, with examples; Trump is pressuring the media to support his … Continue reading →

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Certainty is the Enemy

Posted on Tuesday 10 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

And Trump is certain about his own moral authority; And how the long-anticipated End Times have yet to appear; Paul Krugman on how Pete Hegseth is being deliberately dumb; Short items about Erika Kirk, Hegseth’s Bible reading, money spent on … Continue reading →

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Fearmongering and Gratuitous Cruelty

Posted on Friday 27 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

E.J. Dionne Jr. on Trump’s fearmongering; Gratuitous cruelty in Kansas: canceling the driver’s licenses of transgender people, immediately and without notice; Florida cuts off HIV meds access; White House edits video of US hockey star; Thoughtful piece by Ryan Burge … Continue reading →

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Visually Stunning

Posted on Monday 16 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

More about conservative comments about San Francisco; Paul Krugman wonders why MAGA hates the planet; How conservatives prioritize big families: quantity over quality; Connecting dots between mentions of Tom Holland and his book DOMINION; The MAGA attitude of contempt for … Continue reading →

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The Clash Within

Posted on Sunday 15 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

How there isn’t a clash of civilizations (e.g. Christian vs. Muslim) so much as a clash between modernity and those who resent it: WOKE vs MAGA; Items about ensuring the “right” people will vote, the erosion of the separation of … Continue reading →

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The Trump Administration Declines All Knowledge

Posted on Saturday 14 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Satire from The Atlantic based on the Trump administration’s renunciation of scientific conclusions about climate change; Conflicted ideas about the state of the world; How Gallup will stop tracking presidential approval rates; Another movement from Akhnaten: Attack and Fall – … Continue reading →

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Regressing to Might Makes Right

Posted on Friday 13 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

How Trump is reviving pagan values in which might makes right, while historian Tom Holland gives Christianity all the credit for ideas of inherent morality (ideas the administration is ignoring), which I dispute; Author Rod Dreher think the Enlightenment was … Continue reading →

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Wrecking Ball Politics. Wentithy.

Posted on Tuesday 10 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

The most beautiful news of 2025, from Information is Beautiful, due mostly to science and technology; Items from JMG about MAGA and conservative outrage; Items about Trump administration’s wrecking ball politics: destroying climate regulations, the global international order, the government’s … Continue reading →

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These Are the Days, My Friend

Posted on Monday 9 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Alternate takes on Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance; The Bulwark ranks Trump 2.0’s most racist moments; JD Vance was booed at the Olympics, but NBC edited the boos out; About that “He Gets Us” ad campaign; Pete Hegseth … Continue reading →

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Illegal voting, ulterior motives, resentment, racism

Posted on Thursday 5 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Why is MAGA obsessed with voter fraud and illegal immigrants voting? A NYT essay suggests as a rationalization for Trump losing in 2020, despite lack of evidence, or rationale; While Heather Cox Richardson sees it as a reaction to the … Continue reading →