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  • Joined-to or Joined-with the Education Complex?

    An update of a post I made two years ago before I decided to go all in and get my MA and PhD: Lunch time and my thoughts turn to all of my friends who are independent scholars. Many of… Continue reading

    Joined-to or Joined-with the Education Complex?
  • Chaos Counseling

    Of course I practice Chaos Magick–what do you think AnarchoCynicism is other than the socio-political expression of something that is a profound F*CK YOU to all institutional power? The fact that I have a nihilistic character that dresses like a… Continue reading

    Chaos Counseling
  • God & Governing in Texas

    A documentary-style series from The Texas Tribune on the role legislators’ personal faith plays in their policymaking. Source: God & Governing | The Texas Tribune Continue reading

  • Charlie Rose interviews George Lucas

    Some people have been saying this is just sour grapes. Meh. I’ve watched the full interview, and I don’t get that George Lucas is all that bitter. He actually is admitting that the difference between him–even with all of his hyper… Continue reading

    Charlie Rose interviews George Lucas
  • Paranoid Style of American Policing

    …It will not do to note that 99 percent of the time the police mediate conflicts without killing people anymore than it will do for a restaurant to note that 99 percent of the time rats don’t run through the… Continue reading

  • Bank Bail-Ins Begin

    If you have more money in bank accounts than I have–or probably ever will have–you might want to learn what the difference is between bank bail-outs and bank bail-ins. Very much worth a couple of reads. Over-extraction of all capital… Continue reading

  • 2015 in Blogging at Reason and Existenz

    Thanks to all of my new and old friends who have visited my blog and shared posts around the net. Here is a nice overview of the year for this site: http://keithwaynebrown.com/2015/annual-report/ Continue reading

    2015 in Blogging at Reason and Existenz
  • Professors remain blind to boom in humanities

    Gotta love that crisis mentality. Cause the sky be falling and falling. Youth are too fragile and the humanities have no future among our youth. Part this arises from seeing how administrators treat humanities programs and politicians deride them. Part… Continue reading

    Professors remain blind to boom in humanities
  • Big Idea List for 2015

    I am very happy to hear that my good brother (and graduate director) finds his new book, A Field Philosopher’s Guide to Fracking, on the DailyBeast’s Big Idea List for 2015. Congrats, Adam Briggle! If your idea of a philosopher is… Continue reading

  • Cherry Picking, False Nostalgia, and the invention of Boredom

    Sometimes, I wonder at how much Boomers–the most privileged generation in the history of humankind–feel compelled to call today’s youth fragile, lazy, coddled, etc. To lament how things are not as awesome as they were “back then.” I am so… Continue reading

    Cherry Picking, False Nostalgia, and the invention of Boredom