Category Archives: Politics

LQCs: The New Era of Reducing Civil Rights, via Religious Reactionaries

Posted on Thursday 5 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

So we are now in an era when the Supreme Court — driven by religious reactionaries — is *taking away* rights rather than ensuring they apply to all people. What’s next? as many are asking. Right to marry? To segregate? … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Paranoia and Fantasy Realities

Posted on Saturday 30 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Pondering. NYT, 30 April 2022: Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ Subtitled: “Night after night, the host of the most-watched show in prime-time cable news uses a simple narrative to instill fear in his viewers: ‘They’ want to … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Reality, Fantasy, Narcissism

Posted on Wednesday 27 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Media Matters, Payton Armstrong, 27 April 2022: According to right-wing media, anything that makes them look bad is a “false flag” Subtitled: “Whether it’s acts of right-wing violence, Russian war crimes, or the January 6 pipe bombs, right-wing media personalities … Continue reading →

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LQCs: News, Propaganda, Ideologies, and a Modern Wise Man

Posted on Monday 25 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

First, two items that follow-up the last item in yesterday’s post. Following, a modern wise one about ideologies.

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LQCs: Sanctimony and Amorality

Posted on Sunday 24 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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LQCs: Imaginary Problems, Critical Thinking, 11-Point Plans, and Prophets

Posted on Wednesday 20 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Latest in a recurring theme about how Republicans not only aren’t trying to solve real problems, or even fighting the culture wars, they’re fighting *imaginary* problems to rile up their white working class base. NYT, Paul Krugman, 18 April 2022: … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Jonathan Haidt on the Corrosive Effects of Social Media

Posted on Monday 18 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The Atlantic website has a long essay (some 5000 words at an estimate) by Jonathan Haidt, to appear in the May 2022 print edition. The Atlantic, Jonathan Haidt, 11 April 2022: Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Stories of Religion and History and Why We Tell Them

Posted on Friday 15 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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LQCs: Fox and CNN, War Against Teachers and Gays, Whether Information Will Out

Posted on Thursday 14 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A few political links today.

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LQCs: Child Informants and Cycles of Progress and Tyranny

Posted on Sunday 10 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, front page article today, posted yesterday 9 Apr 2022: Spurred by Putin, Russians Turn on One Another Over the War, subtitled, “Citizens are denouncing one another, illustrating how the war is feeding paranoia and polarization in Russian society.”

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