Category Archives: Future

It’s Tax Time Again!

Published March 1, 2018 in Warp & Woof   It’s Tax Time Again! Random Grumbles and Philosophy William Sundwick Do you believe that all taxes are theft? Or, do you simply fear you may not be able to correctly determine how much you owe the IRS, because your income taxes have become so complex? MaybeContinue reading “It’s Tax Time Again!”

Link from Aeon

Old article from philosophy blog Aeon covering much of same ground as my December post, “My Struggle with Facebook Addiction” — should we regulate the Internet user experience (browsers, social media platforms) to facilitate more self-control? I usually just tell myself it’s time to stop … but, there’s definitely a lag in my motor functionsContinue reading “Link from Aeon”

A Feminist Manifesto (from a Heteronormative Male Who Raised Only Sons)

Published August 22, 2017 in Warp & Woof A Feminist Manifesto (from a Heteronormative Male Who Raised Only Sons) William Sundwick Patriarchy Let’s not trivialize the “elephant in the room.” Patriarchy has been the near universal social structure throughout the Euro-Asian world since the Neolithic revolution of agriculture, perhaps 12,000 years ago. It has beenContinue reading “A Feminist Manifesto (from a Heteronormative Male Who Raised Only Sons)”

Link from The Guardian

James McGill Buchanan: the father of Kochism … that radical libertarian philosophy that is inherently anti-democratic. His original base was the economics department and law school at George Mason University, funded almost entirely by Koch Industries

Link from Vox

 This one fits both “The Future” and “The Past” … good piece from Vox.com, in their “The Big Idea” series. Neoliberalism defined and explained. In short: it’s the economic/political philosophy which replaced the New Deal-to-Great Society philosophy that many of us oldsters associate with the “traditional” Democratic Party. It values free markets and capitalism farContinue reading “Link from Vox”