State Of Idiocy
“There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.” ― Edward Abbey
Tag: intellectuals
The Depth of the Swamp
Adam Andrzejewski is the founder and CEO of openthebooks.com, the world’s largest database of public sector spending, whether at the federal, state, or local level. He recently delivered a lecture at a Hillsdale College seminar about how deep the corruption goes in all levels of government. Not surprisingly, even environmentalist pet causes are included in… Read More The Depth of the Swamp
“According To Experts”
The news media no longer makes any attempt to be credible. It is all propaganda all the time. Don’t let the grey screen fool you. The video is still watchable.
Thomas Sowell: Obama Harvard Professor Put Racism “Under New Management”
President Trump has recently ordered federal agencies to stop teaching critical race theory. While Trump’s order is a good move, unfortunately, there are other critical theories the Left has in its quiver that they can utilize. The president’s next step should be to prohibit federal funding of schools that teach critical race or any Marxist-oriented… Read More Thomas Sowell: Obama Harvard Professor Put Racism “Under New Management”
“The Clouds” by Aristophanes
A campus performance of Aristophanes’ The Clouds during 2016 at Bard College in Berlin, staged by alumna Maria Khan and a group of students. The play is Aristophanes’ lampooning Socrates and ancient Athens’ intellectual class. A play Thomas Sowell would certainly appreciate. It starts at 6:20. PHOTO CREDIT: Strepsiades and Pheidippides are discussing, Socrates is hanging in… Read More “The Clouds” by Aristophanes
#COVID-19 Lockdowns Are Destroying America
Tucker Carlson broke down the tragic cost of the coronavirus lockdowns on his Fox News program last night. COVID-19 is now about politics, not science.
Virus Vs. White Supremacists
“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.” – Ayn Rand.
COVID-19 and the Intellectuals
American educator and philosopher Sydney Hook is said to have told Albert Einstein: I don’t lecture you about physics; why to you lecture me about politics? With the coronavirus outbreak, it has resulted in increased influence or reliance on so-called experts (i.e. intellectuals). Intellectuals, as defined by Dr. Thomas Sowell, are people whose product or… Read More COVID-19 and the Intellectuals
Thomas Sowell Interview: “The Vision of the Anointed”
Think Tank host Ben Wattenberg converses one-on-one with author Thomas Sowell about his (then) new book, The Vision of the Anointed, which argues that the assumptions and beliefs of America’s liberal elite have created thirty years of disaster. This book can be seen as a precursor to Intellectuals and Society. In his book, Sowell states:… Read More Thomas Sowell Interview: “The Vision of the Anointed”
Jordan Peterson on “The Arrogance of the Intellect”
In his book Intellectuals and Society, Dr. Thomas Sowell points out that we live in times where intellectuals have quite a bit of influence and he provides an in depth look at and convincingly strips away the veneer of the intellectual class. According to Sowell, the high point of intellectual influence was the period between… Read More Jordan Peterson on “The Arrogance of the Intellect”
