Kudos for your bravery and research into the minds of the opposition, willingly subscribing to a Hillsdale College publication. For years I received in the mail publications, donation requests, and various propaganda addressed to the former owner of the house I now live in from Hillsdale, The Heritage Foundation, The Federalist Society, and the like. I rarely opened it. I simply wrote on the outside of the envelope “return hate mail to sender” and handed it back to our USPS delivery person, who being the postal worker union chief for our local post office gladly accepted it with a smile, fully understanding.
That’s interesting, Michael G. Believe me, if it had involved any of my hard-earned cash I wouldn’t have signed up. But this particular publication is free (which is how they boast of over seven million readers). But I’m concerned that the country’s 250 celebrations will be orchestrated by these institutions. Trying to keep on top of any shenanigans.
which apparently is associated with (if I'm reading & interpreting correctly) vaccine denial and of course Reaganism ("privatize!") etc etc. I didn't see anything about evolution denial... I am reminded however of a statement by the late Jerry Falwell, in regard to science teaching at his private slave college for nitwits, that "we just teach them the science they need to know." meaning, rather obviously, creationism. I could go on, but you get the idea... not just NUTZ but greeeeedy! and dishonest... JTC
Very much so... they managed to get their operatives into our government and finally took it over totally after their failed 2021 coup attempt. To me, this looks a lot like their last sonic boom in 1930, after a succession of corrupt corporate-republican administrations culminated in the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Historians often call that the most significant immediate cause of the Great Depression. We had two corrupt Hoovers in office -- J.Edgar at the FBI, and Herbert in the White House. So if we have another Great Depression, we can sleep on the sidewalks under Dump Tents (torn, dirty plastic sheets). JTC
Kudos for your bravery and research into the minds of the opposition, willingly subscribing to a Hillsdale College publication. For years I received in the mail publications, donation requests, and various propaganda addressed to the former owner of the house I now live in from Hillsdale, The Heritage Foundation, The Federalist Society, and the like. I rarely opened it. I simply wrote on the outside of the envelope “return hate mail to sender” and handed it back to our USPS delivery person, who being the postal worker union chief for our local post office gladly accepted it with a smile, fully understanding.
That’s interesting, Michael G. Believe me, if it had involved any of my hard-earned cash I wouldn’t have signed up. But this particular publication is free (which is how they boast of over seven million readers). But I’m concerned that the country’s 250 celebrations will be orchestrated by these institutions. Trying to keep on top of any shenanigans.
I got sucked into the discussion... did a quick check on "Hillsdale College"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsdale_College#Policies_and_funding
and their predictable neo-kristian fringe associations... e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrington_Declaration
which apparently is associated with (if I'm reading & interpreting correctly) vaccine denial and of course Reaganism ("privatize!") etc etc. I didn't see anything about evolution denial... I am reminded however of a statement by the late Jerry Falwell, in regard to science teaching at his private slave college for nitwits, that "we just teach them the science they need to know." meaning, rather obviously, creationism. I could go on, but you get the idea... not just NUTZ but greeeeedy! and dishonest... JTC
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Yes, John. It is clear that a broad education is not their aim. Indoctrination I fear.
Very much so... they managed to get their operatives into our government and finally took it over totally after their failed 2021 coup attempt. To me, this looks a lot like their last sonic boom in 1930, after a succession of corrupt corporate-republican administrations culminated in the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Historians often call that the most significant immediate cause of the Great Depression. We had two corrupt Hoovers in office -- J.Edgar at the FBI, and Herbert in the White House. So if we have another Great Depression, we can sleep on the sidewalks under Dump Tents (torn, dirty plastic sheets). JTC
John T. Cullen
https://www.johntcullen.com author
johntcullen.substack.com journalist
My Pensive Pen