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June 4, 2022
USPS still losing big money—2021 edition
Every other year or so I post that the United States Postal Service government monopoly loses billions while private-sector FedEx and UPS were profitable. It’s a multi-decade trend now. FedEx and UPS versus USPS. * USPS Loses $15.9 Billion – But Bosses Get Hefty Compensation Raises. * FedEx Income Statement. * UPS International Profit Rebounds. …
June 3, 2022
Mohanty on power in the classroom [Pope Lecture]
In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and the power of reason. He then examines a series postmodern (and fellow-traveler) thinkers …
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June 2, 2022
Moral compromise, Zombie version
Some things are absolutes, and the brain-eaters are busy in many social sectors. All we want to do is eat your brainsWe’re not unreasonable; I mean, no one’s gonna eat your eyesAll we want is to do is eat your brainsWe’re at an impasse here; maybe we should compromise:If you open up the doorsWe’ll all …
June 1, 2022
TODAY: Ask Me Anything About Ethics
Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks Wednesday, June 1 @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for a special “Ask Me Anything About Ethics” event where Dr. Hicks will be answering your questions on ethics and questions from our 64K Instagram followers. Not yet on Clubhouse, and interested to check it out? We’ve got you covered. Use …
Locke and Rational Individualism [Education’s Villains and Heroes course]
Second session next week In this second session of the online Education’s Villains and Heroes course, we will be discussing philosopher John Locke’s writings on education. (Complete course description here.) To prepare for this session: * Link to register: KAZM. * Reading: excerpt from John Locke, Some Thoughts concerning Education (1692). To see more of our courses …
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May 30, 2022
Success: bookstores vs. colleges
Our culture war in three images. The one at right is from a bookstore. To which I contrast the two below from recent college visits: So a question for parents: Do you know where your children are? Related: “The Postmodern Critique of Liberal Education” | Pope Lecture | Clemson University | Professor Stephen Hicks
Mis artículos en español (My articles in Spanish) La Inferioridad Moral del Posmodernismo
“La Inferioridad Moral del Posmodernismo.” Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. ¿Estamos luchando contra los posmodernistas con una mano atada a la espalda? Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2019. English version: The Spectator, Portuguese translation, and Audio version. Para más artículos en español visite el siguiente link: Stephen Hicks en español
May 29, 2022
12 deadliest school shootings: sex of perpetrator, school type
Following up on School shooters — three hypotheses. Here now are the 12 deadliest K-12 school shootings in the USA since 1970, sorted by date and by deadliness (source: The New York Times): One observation: School shootings have become deadlier. Next adding the sex of the shooters and the school type, whether public or private …
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May 28, 2022
Approaching 4 million views: *Nietzsche and the Nazis* documentary/book
The original documentary was produced in 2006 and had success with Netflix. The print book came out in 2010, followed by several translations. This audiobook edition was produced in 2013. For a philosophy book, this is unexpected, and when it gets to four million views we will be popping the champagne bottle literally and figuratively. …
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May 27, 2022
School shooters — three hypotheses
Let’s start with a statistic: “Over the course of the last 25 years, sixteen teenage boys have committed a mass murder at an American elementary or high school.”* Additionally, many other teenage males were planning to kill but were discovered and prevented. So: Why so many (a) young (b) men desiring to (c) kill in …
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