Category Archives: Politics

One More Round of Links, with no Comments

Posted on Monday 31 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Let’s just compile them with minimal comment. Some are worth returning to. Here’s everything I haven’t already posted since the 1st of October.

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Dialogues: Democracy’s Enemies; Yuval Noah Harari

Posted on Saturday 29 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Two items today are responses to earlier articles or reviews, about the enemies of democracy, and about Yuval Noah Harari. And then my responses to them.

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No Plans, Only “Devil Terms”

Posted on Thursday 27 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Today’s batch of news and essays about the current political situation in the US.

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Change, Delusions, Reality

Posted on Tuesday 25 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

New York Times, Michael H. Keller and David D. Kirkpatrick, 23 Oct 2022 (on front page for 24 Oct 2022): Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated., subtitled “The white majority is fading, the economy is … Continue reading →

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Look at the Evidence

Posted on Saturday 22 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Readings from Heather Cox Richardson and Paul Krugman.

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Real and Imaginary Worlds

Posted on Friday 21 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Another round of links to articles and essays about current events. Link about this photo, from Raw Story, further down the page. My prediction: the Angel of Death will *not* strike all these people down by the end of the … Continue reading →

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Denying the Denialists? and Bros

Posted on Thursday 20 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Just time for one Reading today, then some comments about seeing a movie in a movie theater for the first time in nearly 3 years.

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Readings: On Freedom of Religion, and Unholy Alliances

Posted on Wednesday 19 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I posted this link a couple days ago but without comments. It’s worth revisiting (it was in today’s print paper, so I reread it) to dig out key points. New York Times, Steven Paulikas (an Episcopal priest), 15 Oct 2022: … Continue reading →

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It’s Been Happening Here All Along

Posted on Tuesday 18 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Jamelle Bouie, 18 Oct 2022: The U.S. Thinks ‘It Can’t Happen Here.’ It Already Has. The quoted phrase is, of course, the title of a famous 1935 novel by Sinclair Lewis, on the idea that the fascism of Hitler’s … Continue reading →

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Voter Suppression, Supply-Side Economics, Empathy; and Links

Posted on Monday 17 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Heather Cox Richardson, Facebook, October 16, 2022 (Sunday) Richardson, a political historian, posts several times a week with longish (2 to 3 screens) summaries of recent events, grounded in historical perspective. This one is about the connection between voter suppression … Continue reading →

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