Category Archives: Politics

Cave Man Morality and the Normalizing of Racism

Posted on Thursday 6 November 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Right-wing panic and hypocrisy over the election of Zohran Mamdani; While the right-wing increasingly embraces the racist views of Nick Fuentes; How the election clapped back at Trump; Robert Reich on how Trump has put America into reverse; Brief items … Continue reading →

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Bill Gates and Climate Change

Posted on Wednesday 5 November 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

There has been much consternation over a piece published by Bill Gates last week, about climate change. NY Times, David Gelles, 28 Oct 2025: Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’, subtitled “In a memo, the … Continue reading →

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Survival, Revelations, Falling Standards

Posted on Tuesday 4 November 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Samuel McKee on how our brains are wired to survive, not to find truth; Adam Gopnik from 2012 about an Elaine Pagels book on Revelations; Jonathan Chait on how falling standards of behavior in Washington; Brief items about tariffs on … Continue reading →

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Troubled Children, Cognitive Collapse, Cave Man Morality

Posted on Monday 3 November 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Paul Krugman about how Trump has ceded the future to China; Tom Nichols on how the Trump administration resembles a bunch of toddlers, and what Americans who care about democracy should do. Salon’s Sophia A. McClennen on how the Trump … Continue reading →

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Politics is more about tribal human nature than about solving problems

Posted on Monday 3 November 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

David French on why Trump gets away with everything; Ezra Klein on how to beat Trumpism: something about Democrats not being so judgmental; Short items about Norman Rockwell, Nigeria and Christians, the welfare queen stereotype, how faith-base bigotry is just … Continue reading →

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Useful Categories

Posted on Wednesday 29 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Five ideas to tell when America has become a dictatorship; A Jesus and Mo cartoon that reflects my discussions of secular awe and religion; Phil Zuckerman on how social justice is secular; Short items about worries of American’s impending population … Continue reading →

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What People Know, and What They Want

Posted on Monday 27 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

What undecided voters say they are concerned about, vs. reality; Tom Tomorrow on effect and cause, within the Trump administration; An OnlySky piece by Michael Carteron about the paradox of modern life; Jerry Coyne on Charles Murray’s “God-sized hole”; My … Continue reading →

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Disintegration

Posted on Sunday 26 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

The Pentagon Press Corps; Trump’s pardons; Charlie Kirk; The East Wing and the new ballroom, with an analysis that suggests the proposed ballroom is not real; Short items. – – – What’s new? \ Propaganda, not news. Slate, Molly Olmstead, … Continue reading →

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Slop

Posted on Tuesday 21 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Essays about AI slop, and how this endangers objective truth; Trump is tearing down the East Wing of the White House, after he said he wouldn’t; Responses to Trump’s poop video; Paul Krugman on Trump’s loss of touch with reality; … Continue reading →

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The Need for Community

Posted on Monday 20 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

An essay about how humans raised children in villages, throughout most of history; Another essay about how Gen Z-ers are drawn to conservative Christianity, not because it’s in any way true, but because of that same need for community; Heather … Continue reading →

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