Political Theatre category archive
Suffer the Children 0
We are again reminded that that is not a quotation from scripture. This is a Republican Family Value.
Today’s Republican Party has become the party of mean for the sake of mean.
Swiftvoting 0
Sam and the crew discuss the rightwing’s freakout over Taylor Swift’s having the unmitigated gall to encourage young persons to register to vote.
Missing the Point 0
Gene Collier suggests that the hullabaloo over the Iowa caucuses is not addressing the key issue in this election year. Here is what he thinks is being overlooked/ignored; follow the link for why he said that.
Future elections: yea or nay?
The Rest of the (Creation) Story 0
Yastreblyansky fills us in on what happened on the eighth day.
Speaking of Conspiracy Theories . . . . 0
Full Disclosure:
As far as I know, I have never listened to a Taylor Swift song.
Frankly (I do everything frankly), I could care less about Taylor Swift.
50 years later, I still haven’t gotten over my crush on Eydie Gormé.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, lene Strauss Cohen explores the factors that make persons susceptible to conspiracy theories. Given our current environment (for example), methinks it a timely and worthwhile read. Here’s a snippet:
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Mary Beth Tinker figured in a case that went to the Supreme Court when, as a 13-year-old student, she was suspended from school for having the unmitigated gall to peacefully express her disagreement with the Vietnamese War.
At the Des Moines Register, she writes that she hears echoes of the past.
“A Republic, If You Can Keep It” 0
Chris Satullo has some suggestions about how to do just that.
Suffer the Children 0
As Micheal in Norfolk reminds us, that is not scripture. That’s Republican policy.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Via Slantblog, where F. T. Rea offers this as evidence that Mark Twain had seen the likes of Donald Trump:
You take the lies out of him, and he’ll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he’ll disappear.