The ingredients for historical Great Awakenings have been described in Parts I and II and we know those ingredients had already revealed themselves as early as 2010. Remember, the awakened people found Donald Trump in 2015, he did not shape…
Category: Millennials
Judging the “Expert Class” in Times of Crisis, the John Cleese Axiom
A few weeks ago I posted a short 3-minute clip of John Cleese, of Monty Python fame, as he introduced his 2020 comedy tour. I had planned to see him in Richmond this Fall, but expect it may be cancelled.…
Deplorables, The Return of the Taught
Among the Baby Boomer generation, there must be two (2) major missions we agree to undertake before we pass out of sight. We are all that remains of “the taught”, so practically speaking we have until our generation passes away to…
From #Goonies to #NeverGoonies? Our “Time” is Nearly Past
I guess I saw “The Goonies” half a dozen times while my sons still lived at home. They were 11 and 15 in 1985. We saw it at the theater then bought a VHS tape (remember those?) to watch at home. My…
Teaching History to C-Students, not just A-Students; a Note to Conservatives
Yesterday I saw a tweet by Mark Levin, plugging an August 19, 2019 article at The Federalist by Josh Lawson, “8 Back-to-School Books to Protect Students from Leftist Brainwashing”. Other than throwing in an updated version of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and perhaps…