Author Archives: Steven Yates

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About Steven Yates

I have a Ph.D. in Philosophy, taught the subject at a number of universities around the American Southeast, then became disillusioned in the profession, moved to Chile in 2012. I am the author of Civil Wrongs: What Went Wrong With Affirmative Action (1994), Four Cardinal Errors: Reasons for the Decline of the American Republic (2011), What Should Philosophy Do? A Theory (2021), and most recently, So You Want to Get a PhD in Philosophy? (2025). I've also published around two dozen articles & reviews in academic journals, and hundreds online on numerous topics ranging from pure philosophy to political economy. My Substack publication is Navigating the New Normal. I currently live near Concepcion, Chile, with my wife Gisela and our two spoiled cats.

Is Covid-19 a Global Cult?

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Steven Yates

Is Covid-19 understood as global pandemic a medical truth based on proven facts or a corporate-governmental-media narrative based on inculcated fear and a plan for control? Continue reading →

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Life Advice Author Mark Manson on Why You Should Study Philosophy

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Steven Yates

Mark Manson, noted author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, explains the value you can obtain from studying philosophy. Continue reading →

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The “Virus” of Revolutionism

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Steven Yates

The “Virus” of Revolutionism – has infected modern civilizations since the time of the Jacobins of the French Revolution, and threatens the U.S. today. Continue reading →

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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Edmund Burke (But Were Afraid To Ask For Fear You’d Be Called a Fascist).

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Steven Yates

Another workaround due to censorship of the parent site. Highly recommended introduction to intellectual conservatism’s most important modern founding father. Continue reading →

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From Affirmative Action to Cancel Culture: Americans, You Were Warned

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Steven Yates

Slightly over 30 years ago, some of us warned anyone who would listen that the political correctness then emerging was dangerous and would spread to every institution in the country if it was not opposed. We were ignored, or called racists. Now, everything we predicted has happened, and we find not just historical monuments but history itself being canceled little by little Continue reading →

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Do Their Lives Matter?

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Steven Yates

Do their lives matter? This is another of my “workarounds” because of censorship on Facebook and elsewhere. Continue reading →

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Basic Conservative Principles, Part 2

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Steven Yates

[Continued from Part 1.] Reviewing quickly: these were the nine basic conservative principles we settled on a week ago. (1) Supervening over — standing above — the world we live in, with all its events and trials, is an enduring … Continue reading →

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Basic Conservative Principles, Part 1

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Steven Yates

What is conservatism today? This two part essay tries to answer that question. Continue reading →

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Harper’s Cancel Culture Letter Is an Indicator Where Present Cultural and Intellectual Dialogue Stands — It’s Been Canceled!

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Steven Yates

Harper’s July 7 Cancel Culture Letter is an important indicator of where present cultural and intellectual dialogue stands — there isn’t any! It’s been canceled! Continue reading →

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Happy Fourth of July

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Steven Yates

Myths about “systemic racism,” “white supremacy,” and “white privilege” get blown completely to pieces in this latest article by Paul Craig Roberts, easily one of the boldest authors in the online world, who always tries to write the truth as … Continue reading →

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