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Buckley’s Up With Liberalism Mind-Twister
“Liberalism is the refuge favored by intellectual cowardice, because the essence of the liberal’s position is that he has no position.” The quote is Buckley’s Up With Liberalism Mind-Twister. It is one of the great political falsehoods of the late twentieth century. William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) is best known for founding…
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Apparently, it is a crime…in the United States. I did warn you.
Dear friends, Apparently, it is a crime to teach liberal studies…in the United States. I did warn you. I warned you through discussing the work of Dr Michael Macklin on Ivan Illich’s theories and practice of schooling. The Right have flipped the semantics of Illich’s argument, making it a target called, “Left school indoctrination”. The wider educationalist literature…
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There are Times When Absurdity is not the Camusian Absurdity But Sartrean (maybe also Beauvoirian)
Do Trumpian prosecutors understand the concept of prejudice? “It comes on the heels of a White House executive order to the Justice Department and intelligence agencies to hunt for political bias in their ranks.” The President’s executive order is plainly political bias. Have we a point…
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Re: Nick’s foolish statement on Trump’s counter-revolution
Dear Nick, …the rejection of the ideological machine? I am sorry to say you are a fool and have no idea how your political rhetoric is just another part of the ideological machine. Read Finding Peace from the Culture-History War: A Historiographical Message for the Times, and hopefully you will weep…
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The Glided Age of Donald Trump and Mass Movements
Buckley’s Chance, Cultural Thinking of Trumpism, and History A Review of 70 Years in American-Australian Intellectual History and Regional Studies (Sociology of Education and Urban Sociology) By Neville Buch, MPHA (Queensland) Dr Neville Buch ABN 86703686642 Originally: https://drnevillebuch.com/buckleys-chance-cultural-thinking-of-trumpism-and-history/ https://www.academia.edu/114364757/Buckleys_Chance_Cultural_Thinking_of_Trumpism_and_History_A_Review_of_70_Years_in_American_Australian_Intellectual_History_and It amazes me that the reaction…
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The Old and New Apostolic Reformation (NAR)
Timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs, paraphrased in English as “I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts”, is a Latin phrase from Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by Virgil. The phrase is spoken by Trojan priest Laocoön referring to the Trojan Horse used by the Greeks during the Trojan War. (Wikipedia) …
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It Is Not Good. This is Not Good: Do You Hope for Many Readers in Vain?
Featured Image: It Is Not Good. This is Not Good. Writers often have the common thought. Despite differing opinions there is a large coalition of thought against Trumpism. Nevertheless, I’m left with a horrible feeling that I am not read carefully and am not understood. …
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Let’s See
Dear Friends, Let’s see if I am wrong. If Trump is so much a liar that he will not do what he passionately said he would do, or that he does have dictator ambitions. My money is on the latter. Day One is 20 January 2025. The 20th amendment to the Constitution specifies…
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The Allan Lichtman Historiography
Allan Jay Lichtman (born April 4, 1947) is an American historian. He has taught at American University in Washington, D.C. since 1973. Lichtman created The Keys to the White House system with Soviet seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981. The system uses 13 true/false criteria to predict whether the presidential candidate of the incumbent party will…
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Really, Nick Cater!
Nick Cater sent a post in his “Reality Bites” series, called, “Intellectual rearmament”, with the tagline, “The British theologian who gave us the ammunition to defeat the Aboriginal Voice.” Really? You’d need ammunition to defeat the Aboriginal Voice? Your outlook on life and politics is warfare? The theologian in…