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Category: Important Public Statement
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Centrism (now called neopopulism): I said it, now the NYT is reporting it May 19, 2024
Dear Friends, and I thank Graham Perrett’s office for its recent kind support, and several friends who made sure I have not gone under, I said it, now the NYT is reporting it May 19, 2024: Gift Article (I paid for it, the least you can do is read) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/briefing/centrism-washington-neopopulism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tU0.99mB.4xpAfXEjbZQR&smid=url-share So, I said it back in March with the emerging…
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Is there Room for “Minor” Public Intellectuals?
From Peter FitzSimons, “David Marr on Dutton, Waleed … and being an outsider on Insiders,” The Sydney Morning Herald online. Fitz: David! I interviewed the brilliant Hannah Ferguson last week, and one of the things she was decrying is that there’s no more space in Australian media for the public intellectual. What do you…
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Have I Got What It Takes to Take a Stand Against the “Self-Righteous Political Decision-Makers”?
From Nell Gluckman, ‘Call the Philosophy Department Office and Tell Them I Have Been Arrested’, MAY 7, 2024 Tell me what that day, April 25, was like for you. How did it start? I’m chair of my department, and we were having our once-every-10-year external-review process, so I went to pick up the…
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Thinking in Both General and Particular Details: Memories as Public Insights
“Four Older men in a restaurant. Nothing unusual about that. Except to the observant and astute to the modern social dynamics, it does warrant a thought. Four Older men, each representative of at least three age groupings, 40s, 50s, and early 60s, and each at separate small tables across the dining room. There are…
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How intelligent and sensible politics is done
This is how intelligent and sensible politics is done. “In return, the university will form an advisory committee made up of student, faculty, and staff members to ‘provide a conduit to engagement’ with its investment committee; answer questions “to the best of its knowledge and to the extent legally possible” about its investments…
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Presentism and Parallelism: Why Political Decisions-Makers Need to fund, contract, or employ professional historians
An excellent piece, Christofer: “At issue between these two interpretive poles is the basic presumption of applied social science: to what extent can the recognition of recurring patterns translate into effective political policy? Yet, Thucydides was not writing social science as we know it. To the extent that his text articulated anything…
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What is “Stupidity” and Why it is Not a Dismissal in My Philosophic-Sociological History Work
From ALEX BOLLINGER, “George Santos Boils In Rage After He Was Tricked Into Celebrating Pedophilia,” APRIL 25 2024, in CityWatch. “LGBTQ – Disgraced former Congressman George Santos (R-NY) is willing to say anything to make a buck. He even made a video celebrating NAMBLA, the National Man/Boy Love Association, an organization that…
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No! Not Yes: Optus Thinking is Machine Thinking
I felt I had a conversation with the dead Ruth, except her expert career was as a development worker-social worker. Ruth, at the other end of the machine, was the expert in the Optus information technology system. In fact, on firm reasoning I suspect that Ruth is the machine. I do no expect my Ruth,…
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REMINDER: A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE Southern Brisbane Suburban Forum (SBSF), 6.00 p.m., THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2024, HOLLAND PARK LIBRARY
REMINDER A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE Southern Brisbane Suburban Forum (SBSF) 6.00 P.M., (TOMORROW NIGHT) THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2024 HOLLAND PARK LIBRARY 81 Seville Rd, Holland Park QLD 4121 THE FOCUS: The SBSF Annual Forum with the tentatively planning date of September 28th, 2024 (Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. approximately). “Housing and Well-Being Forum.” …
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Brisbane Humanists Film and Dinner Discussion: The Way, My Way
Dear Brisbane Folk, or those prepared to travel to Brisbane, If you are interested, here is an invitation to a film and dinner discussion on Sunday May 12th, THE WAY, MY WAY Q&A EVENT Date: Sunday, May 12 Time: 2:00 PM (100 minutes) Location: Regal Cinema, 381 Honour Ave, Graceville, QLD…