Category Archives: Religion

Whatever They Can Get Away With

Posted on Friday 20 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Today is the day the Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s tariffs are illegal. Much consternation is about the land. \\ A bunch of short items today, which I don’t need to quote from or comment about very much. Slate, Richard … Continue reading →

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Does Western Civilization Depend on Christian Monotheism?

Posted on Thursday 19 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Not unrelated to yesterday’s items. Two writers respond to the retirement of David Brooks from the NYT by examining the worldview he espoused — another version of restoring Western Civilization — and its crucial flaw: his unwillingness to let go … Continue reading →

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Religious Motivations

Posted on Tuesday 17 February 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

A couple items about religion today. Even the best of the media love to identify supposed “trends,” especially if they’re counter-intuitive. Thus there have been articles in newspapers and online about how the decline in religiosity in America is reversing. … 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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“Let the Country’s Weak and Vulnerable Suffer and Die.”

Posted on Thursday 29 January 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

David Wallace-Wells on the real reason MAGA hates vaccines; How ICE is about retribution against those who didn’t vote for Trump; How the title of a recent book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” applies to the … Continue reading →

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Streets of Minneapolis

Posted on Wednesday 28 January 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

A new song by Bruce Springsteen about Minneapolis; Why GOP voters love ICE — because their support for the Bible and the Constitution is only totemic, which is to say, hypocritical; Ruben Bolling on the MAGAs: Trump is always right, … Continue reading →

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Is There a Coming Crackup? Can We Recover?

Posted on Friday 23 January 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Maybe. And maybe. Jonathan Chait wonders why conservatives defend ICE; How the administration lies and alters evidence; Anne Applebaum on the administration’s attacks on science, medicine, culture, and education; Adam Lee offers some perspective on recovering from autocracy; David Brooks … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Lunacy and Conservative Regression

Posted on Wednesday 21 January 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

The Greenland obsession is a new level of madness for Trump; Time to impeach? Trump’s embarrassing Davos speech; MAGA Jesus is not the real Jesus, but evangelicals will never break with Trump; Tony Perkins says ICE protestors are God-haters; The … Continue reading →

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