Recent Posts for The Past
This page covers a multitude of subjects — history, politics, memories, and even sociology and philosophy (since I think these disciplines are more related to history than present reality or future outcomes for humanity). Enjoy.
The Current Emergency
We’re not doing so well, as a country or society, these days. Our real emergency situation has more to do with a “social malaise” … only partly due to our current administration. Some in the media ecosphere are also at fault!
What Comes Next?
History is not a science — it doesn’t predict the future, or “repeat itself.” But studying history does develop critical thinking and other great skills. It shouldn’t be minimized!
Scarcity and Abundance
Everybody is talking about scarcity vs. abundance — the key to the whole discussion is not economics, but politics, and asking the right questions.
Truth, Power, Coercion, Acquiescence
Michel Foucault, and his Truth and Power philosophy seems to have become very trendy lately — even though it’s over half a century old. It must be that we’re looking for a new epistemology as we move through the 21st century!
Bureaucracy Is (or Should Be) Your Friend
Hobbes to Weber to Trotsky … and Beyond? Over the last few decades in America, and perhaps elsewhere, “bureaucracy” and “bureaucrat” have taken on a pejorative connotation. Why is that? The basic idea of the word (from the French for, literally, a desk) is to describe organizational structures which serve the interests of a leader.…
I’m Done with the 2024 Elections
There are so many reasons for Trump’s re-election. I’m picking one to hang my hat on — the new class struggle in the country. It’s based on the educational divide. Also, Dems need some more convincing, younger communicators …
Link for Tara Reade, the last word: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/22/lawyer-drops-tara-reade-as-client-274635?fbclid=IwAR3ThoOpxzG1xJ3swQuv23dJUQlrosRQm_4aM4JlIObpYGEA1v6ILCfTWAY
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