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…

  • Bad History: Original Zinn
    Howard Zinn's one-sided polemic version of U.S. history has become inexplicably influential in the teaching of U.S. history. Don't let this happen again!
  • Quality of Scientific Evidence
    A discussion of assessment of the quality of scientific evidence (particularly evidence regarding human subjects).
  • “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?
  • Contempt of/for the Rulers
    One disturbing feature of civic life in 21st century USA is the mutual contempt between the ruling class and the working class
  • Climate Change
    A discussion of scientism in the arena of climate change (specifically its public policy advocacy aspect)