Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Take III (I’ve tried leaving a comment several times, and if this is a repeat… well, blame the interface!) First, my friend, thanks for the shout-out. As you might imagine, I can find little to disagree with here. Nothing in my nostalgic l…

First, my friend, thanks for the shout-out. As you might imagine, I can find little to disagree with here. Nothing in my nostalgic look back at the Bicentennial implies complacency with the current context. As you know, I’ve got a paper trail tha…

First, my friend, thanks for the shout-out! I don’t think you’ll be surprised to learn that I see nothing here to disagree with. The enthusiasm I expressed in my essay was mostly nostalgic, and I certainly am not celebrating the current state of this c…

Reminds me of Voltairine de Cleyre’s line: “[T]he intention of the Revolutionists [was not] to make the Boston Tea Party Indians the one sacrosanct mob in all history, to be revered but never on any account to be imitated, but … that …

[…] particularly its academics, are embarrassed at the very idea of activism: even politically charged commencement speeches, and non-neutral presidential memos, are too much for them. They’re willing to “celebrate” […] LikeLike