A flowerpot of ashes from the fire of liberty…tokens of hope and truth preserved for future generations who dare to believe that there was once something else.

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A few random posts…

  • Victimhood culture
    An introduction to, and brief exploration of, the notion of "victimhood culture" as a successor to honor culture and dignity culture.
  • “Implication Vector” in historical narrative
    Historical reasoning needs to deal with the direction of the "implication vector" - does a fact about America in 1776 tell us more about 1776 or about America?
  • Definitions, part 3 (CRT and Systemic Racism)
    Defining Systemic Racism and Critical Race Theory (CRT). Contrasting the two, and discussing some other ways the term CRT is used.
  • Climate Change
    A discussion of scientism in the arena of climate change (specifically its public policy advocacy aspect)
  • Alternative approaches (nonracism)
    A summary of suggested approaches to continuing the improvement in US version 1 race relations that was happening in the last half of the 20th century.