https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYHQcXVp4F4&t=7sNoam Chomsky - On Being Truly Educated (Youtube) In the attached video, well-known philosopher Noam Chomsky, addresses what it means to be truly educated, and suggests that we should '...go back to some of the classic views on the subject.' Sounds good to me. Seems wise to go back to early sources that have stood… Continue reading Chomsky’s Classical Era When Thought Began
Author: M.C. Atkins
I have six wee bairns who are all seventh-generation Henry County, Tennessee, and all from the same doe. It is the people of Henry County that I most want to reach but I am writing to Southerners generally. I am without credentials but rather dare to speak by the same authority as the little boy who cried 'The king has no clothes!' My core belief and starting point is that like everything, we humans have a nature, it is not so hard to understand, and to pretend that it is other than it is, is to jump off a cliff. Which is what we Americans have in fact done.
[QUICK THOUGHT] What does Robert E. Lee have to do with Adolf Hitler?
Good grief! I do not know the context of this picture but taking it at face value the man carrying the Nazi flag is either extremely ignorant & wrong-headed, extremely vain & insecure, and/or a plant. I do not know any born and bred Southerners that honour our flag and history that are Nazi sympathisers.… Continue reading [QUICK THOUGHT] What does Robert E. Lee have to do with Adolf Hitler?
The Fear of the Middle Class, the Courage of Bubba
I know a businessman about my age who has a large acquaintance of other businessmen across the country who, like him, are directly or indirectly involved in real estate or banking. These are red, white, and blue alpha-males and entrepreneurs who have lived the American dream. Most are upper middle class in income, many are… Continue reading The Fear of the Middle Class, the Courage of Bubba
Dixie University: Death to Dixie!
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/dixie-is-officially-dumped-in-vote-over-university-name-change Dixie State University in Utah has elected to change its name because of the word Dixie's association with slavery. This is beyond silly and would be akin to rejecting the word 'Cuba' because of its association with communism, or 'Germany' because of its association with Nazism. Or would it? In truth communism has so… Continue reading Dixie University: Death to Dixie!
The New American Peasant: Tuck me in and sing me a lullaby while stroking my hair. Now, dammit!
I have been listening to Vladimir Putin on Youtube quite a bit lately and am coming to better understand why Western media or just the whole Western establishment so hates the man. He is pro-Russian, pro-Christianity, and pro-tradition. By all means blast him if you like. He plays hardball and doubtless has done some nasty… Continue reading The New American Peasant: Tuck me in and sing me a lullaby while stroking my hair. Now, dammit!
Death to the GOP! Or not.
Governor Lee's recent vote to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee State Capitol is yet more proof of the old adage that there is a not a dime's worth of difference between the Democratic and Republican Parties. I for one contend that this is true in part because the two parties… Continue reading Death to the GOP! Or not.
The Civil War was about Slavery and Roe v. Wade
Progressives today have put patriotic Southerners in sort of a propaganda headlock. Because of slavery, our resistance to Civil Rights, the march of time, and the average American's shocking ignorance of American history, they have been able to paint the American Civil War, our heritage, and our Confederate flag as wholly racist, and so far… Continue reading The Civil War was about Slavery and Roe v. Wade
Why We Dont Allow Kindergarteners to Vote
It should be obvious that democracy's usefulness is limited, and it should be equally obvious that not everyone should vote on any given issue. For example, a twelve-month-old baby may be able to express his likes and dislikes, but I wonder how a daycare worker looking after half a dozen one-year-olds could apply the democratic… Continue reading Why We Dont Allow Kindergarteners to Vote
Better to dream unto death, than toil and live.
In our post-computer world a new stereotype has emerged, that is the man that lives as much as possible in a virtual reality within computer games. Escapism is nothing new because it is born of man's innate desire to.... errrr.... escape? Or to live in heaven. To always feel relaxed, good, or excited. These feelings… Continue reading Better to dream unto death, than toil and live.
Carnivorous Sheep: The New American Peasant
There is a class in this country that I call the Carnivorous Sheep. By his nature as a Sheep, his power does not reside within himself but rather rests in the hands that can both feed and protect him, a class that we can call the Wolves. What makes him carnivorous is that through no… Continue reading Carnivorous Sheep: The New American Peasant
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