Monthly Archives: June 2020

Thomas Sowell Revisited: Constrained versus Unconstrained Visions

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Steven Yates

Back in 1987 Thomas Sowell published his important book A Conflict of Visions which distinguished constrained from unconstrained visions. With the unconstrained vision of the radical far-left in evidence everywhere in today’s “cancel culture,” never has the time been better for a rediscovery of this important work. Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Political Economy, Political Philosophy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

“The World Through the Eyes of a Globalist”

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Steven Yates

Have you recently felt like you’d entered a real world Twilight Zone? A world where truth and lies have been literally inverted, and you don’t know what to believe? Take the real voyage into Twilight Zone 2020 in “The World Through the Eyes of a Globalist” new from The Unz Review. Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus, Media, Science and Technology, Where is Civilization Going? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

A Case for Collapse Studies

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Steven Yates

A Case for Collapse Studies: we have Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, and so on. Given the times we are now living in, why not Collapse Studies. Collapse is a process, not a singular event such as a major economic crash or a pandemic. Ours is underway. Can we turn things around in time? What does history teach us about collapse? Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Where is Civilization Going? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment