Category Archives: Politics

No Evidence vs. Evidence

Posted on Tuesday 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 →

Posted in Economics, Politics | Comments Off on No Evidence vs. Evidence

Odds and Ends from Recent Weeks

Posted on Monday 11 September 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Today I’m catching up on numerous items from recent weeks that I want to note even though I haven’t had time to thoroughly read or comment about them. A couple of them, at least, I will revisit, because I need … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative Resistance, Culture, Meaning, Politics, Psychology | Comments Off on Odds and Ends from Recent Weeks

Laptop Updates; More about the Crisis in Cosmology; Political matters; A History of Labor Day

Posted on Saturday 9 September 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

New laptop updates. Another “calm down” reaction to the recent news about the “crisis in cosmology”; Political matters, including Alabama’s defiance of the Supreme Court; parental rights; freedom and education; And Heather Cox Richardson on the history of Labor Day. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cosmology, History, Personal history, Politics | Comments Off on Laptop Updates; More about the Crisis in Cosmology; Political matters; A History of Labor Day

Items about the Economy and Atheism

Posted on Friday 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 →

Posted in Economics, Politics, Religion | Comments Off on Items about the Economy and Atheism

More About Misinformation, Disinformation, and Conspiracy Theories

Posted on Tuesday 5 September 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

These subjects aren’t going away, because so many people are as gullible as ever — understood as inevitable human nature. This may imply a cap on the potential of the human race, in terms of its ability to engage with … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Psychology | Comments Off on More About Misinformation, Disinformation, and Conspiracy Theories

Change, and Conservative Retribution

Posted on Monday 4 September 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

A NY Times essay about why to stop resisting change; How the Republicans intend to impeach President Biden purely as a matter of retribution, without any evidence of any crimes committed. Here’s a curious piece from Sunday’s NY Times, though … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative Resistance, Philosophy, Politics | Comments Off on Change, and Conservative Retribution

Morality and Projection

Posted on Friday 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 →

Posted in Economics, Politics, Religion | Comments Off on Morality and Projection

Three More About Vivek

Posted on Thursday 31 August 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

I’m preoccupied with setting up my new laptop — which has no CD/DVD drive for installing old software ! — but will post two or three more pieces about Vivek. Promise to move on to something else tomorrow. Robert Reich … Continue reading →

Posted in conservatives, Politics, reality | Comments Off on Three More About Vivek

Vivek Ramaswamy as Prototypical Republican Candidate

Posted on Wednesday 30 August 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Vox’s Andrew Prokop on how Vivek would “simply just solve American’s tough problems”; NYT’s Michelle Goldeberg on why that some people find Vivek insufferable is exactly why his fans are drawn to him; WaPo’s Paul Waldman on how Republicans are … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative Resistance, Culture, Politics, The Gays | Comments Off on Vivek Ramaswamy as Prototypical Republican Candidate

A New Book About Humanity’s Future, and Meaning

Posted on Monday 28 August 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Cautiously considering the new book by Marcelo Gleiser, which seeks meaning where I think none exists; Items about Mike Pence’s Biblical cherry-picking, how Tennessee is the “worst state for voting rights,” and two takes on Vivek Ramaswamy: “spouting nonsense” and … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative Resistance, Lunacy, Meaning, Politics, Science | Comments Off on A New Book About Humanity’s Future, and Meaning