Political Theatre category archive
The Lie of the Land, Reprise 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Michael Rich and Jennifer Kavanaugh discuss our national epidemic of truth decay.
Unoriginalism 0
Steve Chapman explains why Constitutional “originalists” are neither “Constitutional” nor “originalists,” but are rather sophists of the highest order.
Rendering unto Caesar 0
Tony Norman reflects of the strange relationship between evangelical “Christians” and Donald Trump. A snippet:
Suffer the Children 0
It’s not scripture. It’s Republicanism.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen reads the back story.
Today’s Trends in the Trumpling 0
Brandy X. Lee, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, is not sanguine. A snippet:
As Trump gains experience in the White House, he increasingly casts aside any advice with which he disagrees. His confidants describe the president to reporters as newly emboldened and ready to ignore the cautions of those around him (Haberman, 2018). There is the false hope that giving him what he demands will help appease him, but the opposite is true . . . .
A Civil Tongue 0
Juanita Jean has a point.
Borderline Disorder, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
Psychologists Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers consider the likely psychological effects of the party of mean for the sake of mean’s sadistic policy of ripping children from their parents. They discuss three in particular:
- The first whammy: Learned helplessness.
- The second whammy: Lack of attachment.
- The Third Whammy: Mistrust over Trust.
Follow the link for a detailed discussion of each one.
“These Are People Who Thought That Scrooge Was Right” 0
Thom and his guest discuss the right-wing’s vision of a new Gilded Age.
All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0
If you don’t talk about it, it never happened.