On Thursday, January 23 at 7 p.m. US Central Time I’ll be online for a check-in with patrons and supporters of the Maurin Academy. I will discuss what’s coming up at TMA. In February we are having Prof. Fred Neuhauser talk to us about his research on social pathologies, so I’ll give some background on who Neuhauser is, and how his theme of social pathology fits into the TMA concerns … More Maurin Academy Check-In Coming Up!
Donald Trump will be our president for the next four years. We are living through unprecedented times. It’s hard not to see this as a huge protest vote—with several sometimes competing things being protested. The effects of globalization. Job insecurity. Alienation from others and anxiety about the future. Anxiety about rapid and continuous cultural change. Anger over elite privilege. The list goes on. I doubt if Donald Trump is going to change anything in a direction that fixes those problems. The fact that Elon Musk loves him, and Jeff Bezos is willing to play ball with him by shutting down the Washington Post editorial board says that he’s ultimately very friendly to large corporations. The stock market is going up. … More About the Trump Victory
This is a portion of a monthly Longer View by Dr. Laurie Johnson, responding to a patron’s request to explain why the US doesn’t often election third party candidates. … More Why Does the US Have a Two-Party System?What Could Change That?
This is an interview I did recently with Clark Massey of the Simpleton Podcast. More of that podcast here: (https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtb). … More Repost: Catholics, the “New Right” & Politics in 2023: My Interview on The Simpleton Podcast
This is a short selection from Laurie’s monthly political philosophy talk. This one was a reprise of a keynote talk she recently gave in Germany. In this section, the topic is the modern university and how faculty and students are impacted by neoliberal trends and management in higher education. If you like this, consider getting the entire talk, and a whole lot more, by becoming a patron of The Maurin Academy:
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This Thursday at 7 p.m. US Central Time I’ll be talking about the impact of Machiavelli’s political realism on our world. Machiavelli’s philosophy represents a pivotal moment in the history of political thought–it signified deep change that eventually ushered in the liberal revolutions. I will focus on the ideas that helped shape our world, connecting the dots between his rebellion against idealism and Christian morality and the way we think today. I’d love to see you there, take your questions and hear your thoughts! … More How Machiavelli Shaped Our Modern World
I will be live on zoom tonight at 7 p.m. US Central Time to discuss a bit about Aquinas and natural law and then to focus on his views on property. I’ll compare his views on private property with the neoliberal view as exemplified by Milton Friedman. To that end, part of the session I’ll be reading a section from the draft of the book I’m currently writing. The chapter is “Ideological Strong-Arming” and I spend some time discussing how Friedman helped set up the conditions for what we now call “capitalist realism.”
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