Category Archives: Politics

Ls&Cs: How Big Lies are more easily believed than small ones; Supreme Court predictions

Posted on Sunday 6 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Two pieces about politics, but not for their political content, exactly. Plus an endpiece.

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L&Qs&Cs: Tribal Loyalty and Other Atavisms

Posted on Saturday 5 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This is fascinating *not* because it’s political, but because it’s evidence that however much some of us think the world “progresses,” there will always be atavisms. With a Randall Munroe namecheck at the end. NYT, Jon A. Shields, 3 Feb … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Breyer, Maus, Panic and Alarm

Posted on Thursday 27 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A bunch of links, several of which I think make their points by their headlines. Concerning conservative hypocrisy about Supreme Court nominees, banning books, and other matters.

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Ls&Cs: Threats and Exaggerations

Posted on Tuesday 25 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

First, because the general subject fascinates me, here’s a response, by Samuel Goldman in The Week, to the Rauch/Wehner essay in NYT I posted about two days ago about what it is about the left that makes conservatives tolerate Trump.

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Ls&Cs: Balancing the Left and Right

Posted on Sunday 23 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Jonathan Rauch and Peter Wehner, posted 20 Jan 2022: What’s Happening on the Left Is No Excuse for What’s Happening on the Right

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L&Qs&Cs: Wearing Us Down

Posted on Tuesday 18 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

We are weary of this, as I alluded a few posts ago, but that’s what they count on, I think, that the events of the past year, or past five years, will become the new normal. (I refuse to link … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: January 6th

Posted on Thursday 6 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ll post just the three or four items that struck me the most today, the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrectionist attack by Trump supporters on the Capitol of the United States.

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Links and Comments: Gullibility and the Decline of the US

Posted on Wednesday 5 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

First a bit of housekeeping. This blog has attracted no comments at all in the past two months! No real ones (which come in once a month or so) and no spam ones (which used to come in a few … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: January 6th; How Americans Need Each Other; How to ‘Do Your Own Research’; Enduring Conspiracy Theories

Posted on Monday 3 January 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Let’s do some links and comments today, then tomorrow perhaps I’ll return to posting book summaries. NYT, The Editorial Board, 1 Jan 2022: Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now This could be a reference from my 2021 in Review post. … Continue reading →

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Boosted

Posted on Tuesday 28 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I thought to post a summary of one of those E.O. Wilson books tonight, but it’s past 4:30 and I don’t think I have the time. (I try to wrap up here by 5:30.) So some miscellaneous items today. First, … Continue reading →

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