Political Theatre category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Trump maladministration’s attempt to indict Congresspersons for reminding military personnel that their oaths of allegiance do not require them to break the law didn’t go over well with the grand jury.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
A Movie Experience 0
Stephen looks at the Melania movie (figuratively, not methinks literally).
Both Sides Don’t 0
Steven M. detects a disconnect in dis coarse discourse. A snippet (emphasis added):
And yet it remains an article of faith in the media that heartland white Republicans are the “real” Americans, and Trump critics really aren’t Americans at all.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
This New Gilded Age 0
At the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Bob Marshall argues that the Trump maladministration’s EPA is putting profits over people. A snippet:
(snip)
That sentence was handed down when the agency quietly decided this: It will no longer include the number of lives lost or damaged when determining the required cost-benefit analysis of pollution regulations.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Noam Shpancer cautions us that (slightly reformatted from the original)
Follow the link for his descriptions of just what they “tend to do.”
Be forewarned, it ain’t pretty.
The Me Veneration 0
Seth identifies the governing principle of today’s Republican Party.
No Change Agents 0
At the The American Scholar, Robert Zaretsky writes of the theories of Austrian philosopher Karl Popper, who lived through and studied the rise of fascism in early and mid-twentieth century Europe. In the midst of a lengthy exploration of Popper’s work, Zaretsky makes what I find a trenchant observation, one which I characterizes dis coarse discourse:
I find his piece a timely and relevant read.
Lemon Squash and the Power of Repress, Reprise 0
Thom fears that the arrest of Don Lemon presages a crackdown on alternative media.