In today’s online version of the paper, WSJ writer Jon Hilsenrath blames you for the poor “recovery.” Here’s a brief excerpt of the story headlined “A Letter to Stingy American Consumers,” edited only for brevity: Dear American Consumer, This is The Wall Street Journal. We’re writing to ask if something is bothering you. The sun shined […]
Author Archives: S.J. Kerrigan
The Long Night of American Retail
A nurse must portray a sincere sense of caring, but more than that, a calm, unemotional competence. They want to create the impression that everything is under control, even when death is certain. The job of a palliative care worker is to create the illusion of health for those who are dying, to make the symptoms of […]
Interview with Deck Hazen of Deep Green Productions
Here’s my new interview with Deck Hazen of Deep Green Productions. We discuss Lewis Mumford’s “Megamachine” and how it and other bureaucracies within society deprives us of our moral autonomy.
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Tagged Economic Theory, Law Enforcement, Social Criticism, Technology
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Don’t Get Sucked onto The Hope Train Again
Most of us know the President of the United States is not elected; rather they are selected by a mostly invisible cadre of elite power brokers who believe in growing their own power at all costs. In the end, an enormous amount of energy and attention is diverted to national elections precisely because it does not offer […]
Is Russia the Freest Society in the World?
Recently, my parents were complaining about their property taxes, which, while not as high as some places, are certainly a burden. Property taxes are really a form of rent and a constant reminder that you don’t really own the house you have purchased. Fail to pay your property taxes and you’ll be quickly reminded of this […]
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Interview with SGTReport.com
Here, we discuss Lewis Mumford’s “Megamachine,” new technological developments on the horizon, and the bureaucratic mindset toward machine like behavior. (Download an audio only recording of this interview here.)
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Religion, Zealots and Reconnecting with Our Mythology
A lot of people I know claim they are not religious. If they had said they were not very religious, I could accept it, but to claim complete separation from religious thought is like saying “I do not get angry,” or “I do not get hungry.” It’s self deluding. No one is entirely rational all the time […]
The Shadow of Japanese Internment
Today is President’s Day, officially still known as Washington’s Birthday. It’s a day where we celebrate the contributions of America’s executive branch, apparently regardless of what they’ve done. Of course, no one cares when Washington’s Birthday actually is; it’s always observed on a Monday to ensure consumers can shop on their three-day-weekends. The modern President’s Day is actually the result […]
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Tagged Imperial Presidency, NDAA, Social Criticism, Terrorism, War
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George Carlin and America’s Death Instinct
George Carlin once joked that mankind has done little more than demolish, harvest, strip-mine and otherwise blast nature into the past, where men of science hope it will stay, out of sight and out of mind, a phantom of a world that no longer exist except in very specific fenced in areas for tourist to gawk before […]
Exponential Growth and the Inevitable Collapse of Medicare Explained
I’m continually surprised that many people do not understand what I mean when I say that Medicare spending at the federal level is growing at an exponential rate. I recently discussed this issue through Twitter with Jeffery Sachs, a Harvard Ph.D. and long time advisor to the United Nations, and even he didn’t see that […]