Tag Archives: Roosevelt

Dr. Brendan Simms: Strategery

I’ve always loved how the experts, the specialized mandarins and policy wonks ridiculed Bush for his malapropisms. The overly specialized development of precise language does have its flaws, if only exposed in the caldron of the mundane.  Where else is … Continue reading

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The Great Depression, Keynesian Economics & Growth of Productvity

Dr. Cole is professor of political economy at the University of Pennsylvania, he as written a very profound book detailing how Roosevelt’s economic policies during the Great Depression did in fact hamper recovery.  This is not a purely academic debate, … Continue reading

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George Orwell & Aldous Huxley Fathers of Doublespeak: A Clarion Call To Church & Artists

Both Orwell (real name Eric Blair) and Huxley left a substantial body of work that bore out the conviction that modern man was incapable of coping, resolving the demands of his time.  Other writers, less artistic yet still formidable in … Continue reading

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