Category Archives: Religion

Certainty is the Enemy

Posted on Tuesday 10 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

And Trump is certain about his own moral authority; And how the long-anticipated End Times have yet to appear; Paul Krugman on how Pete Hegseth is being deliberately dumb; Short items about Erika Kirk, Hegseth’s Bible reading, money spent on … Continue reading →

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Gullicism and Literacy

Posted on Monday 9 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Adam Serwer on our “gullible, cynical” America, a condition he dubs “gullicism”; And how this is an absence of “literacy” about how the world actually works; Why everyone thinking “God is on our side” is a problem; John Pavlovitz answers … Continue reading →

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Morality, War, Science, Persecution

Posted on Saturday 7 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Robert Reich on the moral basis of civilization, and how Trump is destroying it; And Reich on how Trump is paying for the war, and giving the rich a huge tax cut; More about the undermining of America’s scientific expertise; … Continue reading →

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You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time

Posted on Wednesday 4 March 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump can’t stop telling on himself; Christian media sees the Iran war as signalling the second coming, or the End Times; And some of them want mass deportation of American Muslims; How ICE ‘loses’ property yet finds it when challenged; … Continue reading →

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Whatever They Can Get Away With

Posted on Friday 20 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Short items today Trump’s move to demolish greenhouse gas standards is based on a (admittedly technical) lie; America is experiencing a tourism slump (because… one guess); About Trump’s “cartoonish” monuments to himself; How Trump makes his own voters suffer; How … Continue reading →

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Does Western Civilization Depend on Christian Monotheism?

Posted on Thursday 19 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Challenging David Brooks, the retiring NYT columnist, and his idea of building a humanist culture, from Bruce Ledewitz and Robert Reich; Brooks’ problem, claims Ledewitz, is that Brooks can’t let go of religion; “the past collapsed for a reason”; And … Continue reading →

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Religious Motivations

Posted on Tuesday 17 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Jerry Coyne challenges claims of a religious revival in America; Review of a book called “Why I Am Not an Atheist” by Christopher Beha; And a NYT essay by author Christopher Beha. – – – A couple items about religion … Continue reading →

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The War on Truth; and Religion

Posted on Wednesday 4 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Minneapolis and the war on truth; Jerry Coyne on prayer, triggering off Savannah Guthrie news; How Jeff Bezos is destroying The Washington Post just as Trump has done with America; Short takes. – – – It’s only getting worse. We’re … Continue reading →

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Christian Hypocrisy: The Beatitudes, vs. the Reality in Minneapolis

Posted on Tuesday 3 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Bulk sales for the Melania movie; an example of natural selection among aggressive religions; another prophecy that will not come true; The Onion suggests conservatives might boycott all forms of entertainment, since they’re all liberally biased (because that’s how art … Continue reading →

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Which Part of Science Do Science Deniers Dispute?

Posted on Sunday 1 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump closes the Kennedy Center to deflect from all the artists cancelling there; A great SNL sketch about a woman who changes her mind about Donald Trump; Steven Novella asks which parts of science do skeptics actually disagree with; Andy … Continue reading →

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