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Monthly Archives: December 2018
The Deep Establishment
In the title of his recent Adults in the Room: My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2017) former Greek foreign minister Yanis Varoufakis introduces this phrase: The Deep Establishment. I like it! The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Higher Education Generally, Media, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Adults in the Room, Big Pharma, big tech, Carroll Quigley, central banks, Conspiracy Theories, David Rockefeller Sr, Deep Establishment, Deep State, fake news, military-security complex, new world order, privished, The Deep Establishment, The Deep State, the one percent, Tragedy and Hope, udo ulfkotte, world government movement, Yanis Varoufakis, Zbigniew Brzezinsky
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This Blog Is Not a Commodity
Several months back, someone posted a comment that went something like, “You don’t monetize your blog.” Why not? was the implied question, quite in tune with the prevailing neoliberal ideology of the day. I thought about it. I’ll admit, I … Continue reading
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924 – 2018)
Today is George Herbert Walker Bush’s funeral. I don’t normally write notices for just-deceased politicians, so this is a departure for me. But something has aroused my curiosity. I posted a very brief notice about his death, along with a … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Allen Dulles, Allen Dulles CIA Director, Bay of Pigs, Bush CIA, Conspiracy Theories, Facebook hate speech, G H W Bush, George Bush CIA, George H W Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, JFK assassination, LBJ and JFK assassination, money laundering Nazis, Prescott Bush
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“Philosophy in Three & a Half Years”
Seen by accident, “ganked” off Colin McGinn’s blog this morning, this comment caught my eye. Writing back in April 2017 under the title “Philosophy in Five Years” he predicted: I think the field will be a complete shambles. It’s already … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged academic philosophy, academic philosophy criticism, Colin McGinn, future of philosophy, Identity Politics, philosophy in five years, professional philosophy, tribalism
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