The year 1776 was an eventful one. The August issue of the Gentleman’s Magazine duly carried a curious document from across the ocean called “The Declaration of American Independence”, before proceeding to a more serious matter: a review of a …
Nixon vs. McGovern 2.0
Any number of pundits and social commentators are looking at the current presidential election matchup between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in terms of its historical, societal, or political ramifications. They’ve come up with several hypotheses, some of which are …
Science, Society, and Stability
The various approaches to education differ according to ideology – liberal, communist, and so on – and depending on what discipline is dominant at any given time. So, for example, in the 19th century, there was a time when the …
Why liberal journalists need to be heroes
When Richard Nixon resigned as president 50 years ago, the country witnessed the birth of a monster. I am not talking about some sinister influence he exerted after his fall. I am talking about the media.
Having gratifyingly removed a …
Farms of all Sizes Feed the World
We live in a world where oligarchs accumulate land, use their media assets to denigrate natural foods, and invest in fake alternatives. On the other ‘side,’ wealthy professionals calling themselves freedom fighters travel the world and the internet insisting we …
Linear Time and the Art of Staying Human
The following is an excerpt from Dr. Thomas Harrington’s book, Treason of the Experts: Covid and the Credentialed Class.
Many, if not most, who question the approach that has been taken to controlling Covid are mystified, when they are not …
We Reap the Harvest of Lies
Public life has become disorienting. Most people, by and large, previously expected to hear the truth, or some semblance of it, in daily life. We would generally expect this from each other, but also from public media and authorities such …
We Reap the Harvest of Lies
Public life has become disorienting. Most people, by and large, previously expected to hear the truth, or some semblance of it, in daily life. We would generally expect this from each other, but also from public media and authorities such …
The man who defended Orientalism
“As a young man visiting a Sufi shrine in Algeria,” remarks the writer Robert Irwin parenthetically in an otherwise scholarly essay on medieval Arabic literature, “I once encountered a jinni in the form of a cat.” No further elaboration is …
History, Technology, and a Balanced Attitude
The current generation stands before a gigantic irony of history – at least if human history is considered, as it has been since the 19th century, as a history of development. It was not only the Romantic Movement’s interest in …
What Happened to American Civics?
Man in tricorn hat at Bicentennial celebration, July 1975; Diana Mara Henry, https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph051-s01a-i00035
My son’s school assigned a civics project for summer vacation. The project’s scope is expansive and spans from explaining the history and functions of the three branches …
Ten Points About Post-Lockdown Economics
The sudden economic lockdown of March 2020, the world over, was one of the more shocking moments in history. The very core of the economic problem from the beginning of recorded time was getting more of what people needed to …
Ten Points About Post-Lockdown Economics
The sudden economic lockdown of March 2020, the world over, was one of the more shocking moments in history. The very core of the economic problem from the beginning of recorded time was getting more of what people needed to …
The Politicization of Medical Research
I read the July 19, 2024 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association and realized that my profession, or at least the publication of medical articles, has seemingly become just an extension of a political party. It reinforced my memory of …
Immutable Rules Made Mutable in the New Age
Even just a few years ago, there was a certain certainty about the world, about society.
Now there is only probability and it’s as if civilization has been forced to shift from a Newtonian worldview to a quantum consideration.
That …