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Category Archives: Culture
Harper’s Cancel Culture Letter Is an Indicator Where Present Cultural and Intellectual Dialogue Stands — It’s Been Canceled!
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
Happy Fourth of July
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
Posted in Culture, Media, Political Economy
Tagged Fourth of July, July 4, Paul Craig Roberts, racism, systemic racism, white privilege, white supremacy
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Thomas Sowell Revisited: Constrained versus Unconstrained Visions
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 A Conflict of Visions, affirmative action, antifa, Black Lives Matter, cancel culture, constrained vs unconstrained visions, liberal welfare state, systemic racism, Thomas Sowell, welfare state, white privilege
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A Case for Collapse Studies
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 Age of Decadence, collapse, collapse and philosophy, Collapse of Complex Societies}, collapse studies, Comte, Dmitry Orlov, Glubb Pasha, Jared Diamond Collapse, John Bagot Glubb, Joseph A Tainter, Law of Three Stages, philosophy and collapse, stages of collapse, The Fate of Empires, The Saker, theory of collapse
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More Censorship On Social Media. This Time, it’s Facebook
This morning, a missive from Ron Unz, editor and publisher of alternative media site The Unz Review, appeared in my inbox. He was reporting that everything from his site had been removed from Facebook. Its page on the social media … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Media, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged censorship, censorship at Facebook, censorship on social media, coronavirus conspiracy theories, coronavirus COVID-19, coronavirus COVID-19 conspiracy theories, COVID-19 conspiracy theories, Ron Unz, Unz Review
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Antinatalism and Our Fourth Stage Condition
First things first. This is not a book review, as I’ve not read The Ahuman Manifesto by Patricia MacCormack, only read about it, and its author. And that, not extensively. What I’ve read about it indicates: it’s very much in … Continue reading
Christianity and Theological Liberalism
Christianity and Theological Liberalism – How, in 1923, J. Gresham Machen exposed how Christianity tried to accommodate itself to modern materialism and contributed to its own marginalization in modern society. Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Christian Worldview, Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Cartesian cogito, Cartesian philosophy, Christian Worldview, Christianity and Liberalism, Descartes, Enlightenment legacy, Harvey Cox, Hegel influence, J. Gresham Machen, liberal theology, Liberalism, materialism and philosophy, materialism vs Christianity, Secular City, secularism, secularization, The Secular City, theological liberalism
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The West’s Ongoing Collapse at the Hands of Identity Politics and Neoliberal Ideology: 2019 Update
The free fall of contemporary academia into speech & thought totalitarianism continued … & likely to progress further given the unwillingness of those with resources to use them to oppose this ongoing juggernaut. Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged basket of deplorables, Bret Weinstein, collapse, comfort college, Donald Trump, Evergreen State, Identity Politics, National Association of Scholars, Neoliberalism, political correctness, rural whites, Steven B Gerrard, Trump supporters, white population decline, Williams College
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Moon Madness and the Fate of the Liberty Movement
“You look pale.” —Blair to Clay, Less Than Zero (1987) My last article garnered responses I predicted but hoped would not occur: emails from folks who not only believe the moon landings were faked, but think the Earth is flat. … Continue reading
Of Moon Landings, False Rabbit Trails, and Approaching Epistemic Oblivion
It’s the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. “We came in peace for all mankind” reads the plaque left behind by Neil Armstrong & “Buzz” Aldrin. Except that on Earth there is no peace, & some believe the whole thing was faked. Did we really go to the moon? The Lost Generation Philosopher ponders the mystery…. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Media, Science and Technology, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged 50th Anniversary, American decline, Apollo 11, changing technology, Conspiracy Theories, July 20 1969, moon landings, moon landings hoax, moonlandings, Neil Armstrong, one giant leap for mankind, The Thing quotations, The Thing quotes, We came in peace for all mankind
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