politics
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The Pay-‘Em-or-Lose-‘Em Myth
There was a time when I thought the arguments given for ever rising executive compensation were all examples of the slippery slope. Stupid me! I now realize that they are examples of a false dichotomy. How is it that I… Continue reading
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The Fox News & the Hedgehog Syndrome
It very well could be that I am drawing a hasty generalization. But I have been watching politics closely for 30 years. Since the 1996 campaign, I have seen an interesting phenomenon: Democrats spent a lot of time trying to… Continue reading
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Makers & Takers: More of the Long Con
A lot of my “everyday” existential philosophizing takes the form of asking people to be aware of the Long Con or the Big Sting… that is where you become your own mark in the long con game of bad faith… Continue reading
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Killing the Liberal Arts… A Non-Conservation
The importance of the humanities in educating citizens is why we have undoubtedly seen the consequences of the decline in of the liberal arts nowhere more than in the quality of the public debate. The disappearance of the liberal arts… Continue reading
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The Corporate Capitalist Gamble: American’s will “venture” for Mitt
Romney’s suggestion that only business owners should occupy the White House was hardly surprising; it just reinforced the reverence for builders of small businesses manifested in the Republican gathering in Tampa. But it is a curious claim nonetheless. For most… Continue reading
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Folk of the Ether… Your Must-Do Assignment
All war is struggle, but not all struggle is war. Humans live on a boundary of many struggles. When we reduce every struggle to combat, battle, or war, we lay waste vast fields of human experience to unnecessary destruction. Study… Continue reading
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Hermeticism and the Anthropic Principle of Evolution « Footnotes 2 Plato
In The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), Karl Popper famously (or infamously, as far as Hegelians are concerned) attacked Hegel for his bewitching apriorism and supposed distain for empirical science, going so far as to blame his Platonically inspired “mystery… Continue reading
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Textimony 20120822
We try & are tried; harm & are harmed; help & are helped. Not having THE ANSWER for all time, we embrace historic solutions for the time being. Thus we strive . Related articles If we can refrain from harming… Continue reading
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The Ridiculous Rise of Ayn Rand – The Conversation – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Continuing the non-discussion about Ayn Rand and her unfortunate influence: Right-wing think tanks can have Rand (even if she had little use for them). In the academy, she is a nonperson. Her theories are works of fiction. Her works of… Continue reading
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Garbage and Gravitas Continued
I would like to thank my good brother & cherished cousin Carl Beck Sachs for this longer quote from Adorno which really nicely situates the article on Ayn Rand that I posted a while ago. I think it really speaks… Continue reading
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Carl Elliott – How to be an Academic Failure: A Guide for Beginners
How to be an academic failure? Let me count the ways. You can become a disgruntled graduate student. You can become a burned-out administrator, perhaps an associate dean. You can become an aging, solitary hermit, isolated in your own department,… Continue reading
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Kentucky’s GOP lawmakers question standards for teaching evolution in schools – KansasCity.com
One wonders when it will ever end. “I think we are very committed to being able to take Kentucky students and put them on a report card beside students across the nation,” Givens said. “We’re simply saying to the ACT… Continue reading
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