Political Theatre category archive
A Wray of Dis-Appointment 0
PoliticalProf parses the pattern.
A Tune for the Times, the Entitlement Society Dept. 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
Stray Thought 0
Today’s Republican Party does not only value party over country.
It values party over competence.
Post Mortem 0
Cliff Schecter wonders why it can happen (is happening?) here. (Warning: Mild language.)
Normalization Nation 0
Methinks the Rude One makes some good points.
Aside:
I gave up on television news, whether broadcast or cable, a long time ago. (Except if there’s a snow storm, and, as the climates they are a-changing, it’s been several years since we had even a little one of those.)
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Writing at the Des Moines Register, Bruce Lear argues that we have become an uncivil society and will suffer–are suffering–for it. Methinks he has a point.
A tiny bit:
. . . we seem to have forgotten how to be civil or to compromise.
Follow the link for context.
Responsible Fiscals 0
Some Republican Congresspersons want to go all in on the Crypto Con.
Republican Family Values 0
Thom talks with Jacob Soboroff about the film, Separated, which documents Donald Trump’s policy of ripping children from the arms of their parents.
It would appear the “suffer the children” is a Republican family value.
You can learn more about the film at this link.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Jonah Blank, writing at the Washington Monthly, reports hearing a rhyme echoing from far across the sea. He writes of the recent abortive coup attempt in Korea. Here’s a bit:
Follow the link for the rest of the cadence.
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*Mark Twain.
