Just re-read Trump running mate J.D. Vance's 2016 text to his Yale Law roommate: "I go back and forth between thinking Trump might be a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or...America's Hitler. How's that for discouraging?" And realized his take on Nixon is pure self-description.
—Kurt Andersen
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Supporting the study, critique, and appreciation of American philosophy and culture--"American Studies"-- in the tradition of William James, John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce, Emerson, Thoreau, et al... This site was constructed initially to support an Independent Readings course at Middle Tennessee State University in the Spring 2021 semester.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
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...Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion, and prejudice, and tradition, and d...
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Anderson, ch9-11; McDermott, ch11-12; Romano, Part 4. REPORT: Erica , Women in Philosophy... See last time's questions pertaining to Rom...
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Last class already! I'm hitting the road for my annual August meetup with far-flung friends and won't have as much time this week...
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Anderson, ch-6-8; McDermott, ch8-10; Romano, Part 3. REPORT: Gary, Pragmatism & 12-step programs I jumped the gun on that question abou...
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