Mark R. Kelly
» Founder in 1997 and site-runner for 20 years of Locus Online (Hugo Award winner in 2002). Founder in 2012 and still site-runner of sfadb.com (Science Fiction Awards Database). Retired in 2012 after 30 years as a software engineer for a certain rocket engine factory.
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Category Archives: Conservative Resistance
Commitment to America and Zombie Economics
Washington Post, Eugene Robinson, 26 Sep 2022: The only agenda that unifies the Republican Party is revenge
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SF Reviews by Spinrad and Tuttle; Political Issues, Trends, Headlines
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Recent Features and Headlines, 14 Sept 2022
Ockham’s Razor; Randall Munroe; The best time to be alive; nephew of longtermism; political headlines.
Posted in Conservative Resistance, Human Progress, Philosophy, Politics, Science
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Themes that Go Together; Nonexistent Gods
NYT, Paul Krugman, 12 Sept 2022: Ukraine Deflates MAGA Macho Myths
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Rules, Fairness, Hypocrisy, and Both-Sides-ism
More recent headlines.
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More about Alternate Realities
Republicans, Democrats, and alternate realities.
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Links/Quotes/Comments: 1 Sep 2022
About secularism, elections, misogyny and education, publishing ‘errors’, Trump supporters’ plans, and the real America.
Posted in Conservative Resistance, Education, Religion
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More on the Wars Against Education and Science
So many examples to keep up with!
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The Dangers of Education
Here’s an opinion piece in WaPo from a few days ago that acknowledges that what conservatives fear is true. Washington Post, Paul Waldman, 25 Aug 2022: Conservatives think education is a threat. They’re right.
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Today’s Headlines, 8 Sept 2022
Queen and empire; Religious employers against health care; Republicans making fun of sick people; Lebanon as America’s future under Trumpers; MAGA invokes 1st century BC; Another lame right-wing movie; Why American lives are getting shorter; The indefensible claims of “2,000 … Continue reading →