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…

  • Definitions, part 1 (racism)
    Contrasting a few Classic Definitions of racism with the New Definitions being adduced by (specifically) Ibram Kendi and Robin DiAngelo.
  • Scientism in Public Health
    A discussion of scientism in Public Health, with particular emphasis on the governmental response to Covid-19 (and AIDS)
  • 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.
  • Introduction (anti-scientism)
    An introduction to the anti-scientism category. Opposition and alternatives to the worship of (some aspects of) science (mostly) by progressives.
  • Exposition (Anti-postmodernism)
    A modest expansion of the earlier discussion of the nature of postmodernism, based on Pluckrose and Lindsay's "two principles and four themes" outline.