Rules, Fairness, Hypocrisy, and Both-Sides-ism

Posted on Saturday 3 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

More recent headlines.

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More about Alternate Realities

Posted on Friday 2 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Republicans, Democrats, and alternate realities.

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Links/Quotes/Comments: 1 Sep 2022

Posted on Thursday 1 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

About secularism, elections, misogyny and education, publishing ‘errors’, Trump supporters’ plans, and the real America.

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More on the Wars Against Education and Science

Posted on Wednesday 31 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

So many examples to keep up with!

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The Dangers of Education

Posted on Monday 29 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

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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Nancy Kress: “Beggars in Spain” + 6

Posted on Sunday 28 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This week’s novella covered by the Facebook Group reading Gardner Dozois’s big anthology first discussed here is “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress, first published in the April 1991 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction.

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Facebook Idiocy

Posted on Saturday 27 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

First, a Facebook video I’ve seen linked by my Fb friends several times.

Remember, these people’s votes count as much as yours or mine.
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Facebook Saves from Recent Weeks

Posted on Friday 26 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

For today, some Facebook saves, without comments.

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Today’s Headlines, 25 Aug 2022

Posted on Thursday 25 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Let’s do this again. One headline each from a bunch of sites I look at every day.

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Today’s Headlines, 24 Aug 2022

Posted on Wednesday 24 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Nothing urgent today. Let’s just round up a batch of headlines, one each from my usual sources. Without comment.

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