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Category Archives: Political Economy
Basic Conservative Principles, Part 1
What is conservatism today? This two part essay tries to answer that question. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged conservatism, conservative, conservative basic principles, conservative basics, conservative philosophy, conservative political philosophy, constrained vs unconstrained vision, introduction to conservatism, principles of conservatism, Russell Kirk, Thomas Sowell
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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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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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Censorship at YouTube … Again
I just learned this morning that the video content I linked to at the beginning of “Coronavirus / COVID-19” has been removed by YouTube for “violating community standards.” Which means that my readers will not be able to access that … Continue reading
Coronavirus / COVID-19: What Is Really Going On? And Why?
Coronavirus / COVID-19: What Is Really Going On? And Why? Based on Dr. Erickson’s video message, a look behind the scenes at what may be the real agenda in shutting down the economy.
Posted in Coronavirus, Political Economy, Science and Technology, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, Bill Gates vaccines, China coronavirus, China COVID-19, Chinese Communist Party, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Trump, Dr. Erickson, Dr. Erickson video, epidemiology, Fauci, global elites, globalism, globalist conspiracy, health education, Internet history of, pandemic, political economy, populism, President Trump, Primary Prevention, public health, vaccines
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Primary Prevention and the Three Levels of Health Care
In light of what may well be remembered as the Coronavirus Crisis of 2020, I am setting aside other projects and turning more attention to issues of public health education — and, hopefully, philosophy’s relevance to public health. Although it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Political Economy
Tagged Arnold School of Public Health, Big Pharma, chronic conditions managed for profit, Coronavirus, coronavirus crisis, coronavirus hysteria, coronavirus scare, coronavirus symptoms, Covid-19, health care cost crisis, health care cost crisis U.S., health care crisis U.S., Obamacare, Primary Prevention, public health educaiton, systems theory, systems theory health education, Three Levels of Health Care, Three Levels of Prevention
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What the Coronavirus Scare Says About Us
What should this coronovirus scare teach us? Should it teach us how easy it is to lead the masses by their noses through media-induced fear and hysteria? Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Media, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged bubble economy, Conspiracy Theories, Coronavirus, coronavirus hysteria, Covid-19, Deep Establishment, economic fragility, financial elites, globalism, globalist psychology, globalists, globalization, globalization criticism, Neoliberalism, populism, The Stand
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I. The Origins of Liberalism.
(Author’s note: beginning a deeper read.) Liberalism, using that term in its classical sense, assumes that most adults are autonomous and rational individuals, or that autonomy and rationality is their ideal state. The term originated from the Latin liber, meaning … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Political Economy, Science and Technology, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Auguste Comte, autonomous intellect, autonomous reason, capitalism and modernity, classical economics, classical liberalism, classical liberalism origins, Cogito ergo sum, history of liberalism, history of philosophy, homo economicus, Law of Three Stages, Liberalism, Logic and God, Modernity, René Descartes, secular moral philosophy
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Book Review. Presstitutes: Embedded in the Pay of the CIA, by Udo Ulfkotte. Translated by Andrew Schlademan. Progressive Press, 2019.
“…In 2014, Ulfkotte published Gekaufte Journalisten (Bought Journalists). The book became a bestseller in Germany despite a media blackout. The author, excommunicated from German mass media and unofficially blacklisted, faced lawsuits and endured police raids on his house. He told family members he feared for his life. Then, on January 13, 2017, just days shy of his 57th birthday, he was found dead from what a coroner’s report said was a heart attack. Because it is possible to murder people using chemicals that will cause heart stoppage and then become untraceable, some believe he was murdered…..” Continue reading
