Those assuming the White Woman’s Burden believe that there is a moral elect embedded in almost every population whose job it is to liberate the majority from their weaknesses and superstitions through instruction, and if need be, loving coercion.
The neo-liberal consensus built in the postwar period contained the seeds of its own destruction. It was too dependent on the creation of institutions beyond people’s control and too reliant on elite mastery of events.
The Neo-Liberal Consensus Is Coming Apart Read Journal Article
For better or worse, authoritarianism has happened many times in history — it’s kind of the human default. The original state.
They Have the Money, We Have the Numbers Read Journal Article
A recent unnerving development is the disappearance of web pages. If history can be erased, it can be denied. Which puts us into a ‘save the furniture’ mindset – how can we preserve important kernels of truth for our children?
In the United States this need to face the possibility that one will have to act decisively, has not been as urgent since ‘the Revolution of ’75.’ The enemy today is not outside the gates; it is inside the gates.
The catastrophic mismanagement of Hurricane Helene relief is showing the American people that Washington’s dysfunctional but, worse, it doesn’t even seem to be trying to serve the people. Instead, we serve it. Like livestock. So how did we get here?
How the US Government Turned on the People Read Journal Article
The person who wanted to use violence to cut the brain out of the truthspeaker was merely protecting herself against a terrible truth she could not handle. It’s the liar more than anyone who has reason to fear free speech.
The exploration of whether or not the gulf between Science and The Humanities can be bridged will have to be put on hold. Sadly, both of those quests have been poisoned the Postmodernism into which we have rapidly descended.
Science, The Humanities, and Postmodernist Poison Read Journal Article
We lived through one of the most staggering human rights violations in recent history. At the heart of this crisis lies the crossing of two fundamental Rubicons: the erosion of the First Amendment and the violation of the Nuremberg Code.
Echoes of Tyranny: The Forgotten Lessons from History Read Journal Article
That the contrast between good and evil might be clear-cut in a given moment of history, I do not dispute. The problem comes when we put that particular and necessarily time-bound case of evil “in a box.” Why?
One cannot ignore the possibility that certain actions could occur which may, indeed, trigger the use of nuclear weapons by Russia, and then, in retaliation, by NATO countries, or vice versa. One can only hope that cool heads will prevail.
Schopenhauer: Humanity’s Fall to Irrationality Read Journal Article
Walz resembles the man who shouts fire in a crowded theater. Claiming a great danger, he incites people to fall in with a political program. But, having heard the shouting—“Save democracy!”—we have some time to discuss and reflect.
The Man Who Shouts Fire in a Crowded Theater Read Journal Article
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