Category Archives: Religion

The Hunger for Certainty

Posted on Sunday 18 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Posting 18 Oct, items compiled from 4-6 Oct; About the drops in crime and conservative fears; Alito on what he thinks is “religious liberty”; How Christians are attracted to answers from AI; Paul Krugman on the administration’s obvious corruption; Carl … Continue reading →

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Lying About the Economy, and Everything Else

Posted on Wednesday 14 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

The GOP has never been the better party on the economy, and Trump lies about everything else, too; Paul Krugman fears what Trump and MAGA will do if they lose in the upcoming elections; A church wants to instruct the … Continue reading →

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Up Is Down

Posted on Thursday 8 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Items about non-intuitive definitions of socialism, religious oppression, and religious law. (Posting 19 Oct 2026, items compiled 8 Oct.) JMG, today 8 Oct: Vance: Trans Athletes Are The Definition Of Socialism He’s even more an idiot that the MAGA fans. … Continue reading →

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The Progress of Christian Nationalism

Posted on Thursday 1 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Items about Trump campaigning on the taxpayer’s dime, how Project 2025 is succeeding better than Trump himself, how Hegseth is instilling his personal religion into the military, and how Disney World solved a basic infrastructure problem. (Items from 1 Oct, … Continue reading →

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Conservatives and Empathy

Posted on Wednesday 30 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Conservatives against empathy: excuses for selfishness; Another piece about boarding houses, once banned, perhaps now more appropriate than ever; Recalling a 50-year-old thesis about how human stupidity drags societies down; Quotes from Thomas L. Friedman and Paul Krugman about Donald … Continue reading →

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Dicey Claims

Posted on Saturday 26 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

No, Noah’s Ark has not been found, again; Evidence suggests Trump wanted the Kennedy Center to fall into ruin; Lenders around the world don’t trust the US; An example of how AI is making things worse, by claiming credit for … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Just MAGA

Posted on Monday 21 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

There’s right-wing rejection of modern values in Europe, too; The end of American exceptionalism, which has been going on for some time; Who does Trump want to shoot with snipers on his Triumphal Arch? A study about children exposed to … Continue reading →

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Which Core Education?

Posted on Thursday 17 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Conservatives want to install a particular kind of core education in universities; Now Trump threatens to tear down the Kennedy Center, if he can’t get his name on it; Brief items about praying for political success; Trump delusionally thinks the … Continue reading →

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How the Terrorists Won, in a Sense

Posted on Saturday 12 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Passing through airport security is an example of how the terrorists won, and maybe what led to MAGA and Trump; Jonathan V. Last on how terrorism sometimes works; (And how terrorists are motivated by religion); The reflecting pool contractor admits … Continue reading →

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Alain de Botton: RELIGION FOR ATHEISTS

Posted on Monday 7 September 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Subtitled: A Non-believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion (Pantheon, March 2012, 320pp, including 8pp acknowledgements, picture credits, and index.) This is a book by the pop-philosopher (I don’t think that’s an unfair term) and writer best know for HOW … Continue reading →

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