Prof MacB200 YEARS AGO DEAFNESS MEANT ISOLATION. THEN CAME SIGN LANGUAGE — A COMMUNICATIONS SUPERPOWER?Deaf people were isolated from communication ‘til the advent of sign language 200yr ago. The story of sign is inexplicable lost…Jun 25, 2021Jun 25, 2021
Prof MacBNOSTALGIA BRITAIN - BRINGING BACK THE GOOD OLD DAYSBritain is doubling down on the full fat, non-metric vision of the Brexit promised in 2016. Sectarian violence has become a symbol of hope.Apr 10, 2021Apr 10, 2021
Prof MacBSIMPLE PREDICTION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IN AMERICA UNDER PRESIDENT BIDENThe spectacle of more Trump rallies is great media clickbait. It serves partisan interests too. Expect 4 more years on the bullshit spigot.Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Prof MacBHOW HAS THE ESTABLISHMENT GOT AWAY WITH OFFERING SO LITTLE TO SO MANY FOR SO LONG?How can truth have made so little impact — especially over the last 20 years’ technological transformation — on abuses of wealth and power?Oct 1, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Prof MacBWHITE PRIVILEGE IS NOT INDIVIDUAL BUT — UNFORTUNATELY — PEOPLE ARE. SAM HARRIS IS NO EXCEPTION.Can we restore normality in the face of civil unrest polarizing America? Sam Harris tries to see his way through white privilege; but…Jun 30, 20201Jun 30, 20201
Prof MacBTHE RIGGED RACIST DARWINISM OF THE AMERICAN DREAMAmerica’s a winner-takes-all contest of wealth & power. Darwinian capitalism rigged by race and by class to exploit the poor and the weak.Jun 6, 2020Jun 6, 2020
Prof MacBPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IS A KLEPTOCRATIC WEALTH EXTRACTION WITH ONLY ONE WINNER — IT’S NOT YOUPublic-private partnerships have become government grift — kleptocrats extracting trillions of taxpayer dollars to the corporate oligarchy.May 19, 2020May 19, 2020
Prof MacBTHE BANAL CONSENSUS THAT’S WAGING (AND WINNING) A CULTURE WAR AGAINST TALENT AND INDIVIDUAL MERITHow did postmodernism metastasize into forces capable of subordinating public opinion to a consensus mediocrity HOSTILE to individual…Apr 20, 2020Apr 20, 2020
Prof MacBTOM SEGURA — BALL HOG — REVIEW — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIALReview of BALL HOG, Tom Segura’s Netflix comedy special, released this week (before the coronavirus lockdown). From a fan, not a hater.Mar 31, 2020Mar 31, 2020
Prof MacBHow Long Will Americans Be Fooled By The False Democrat Republican Paradigm?Democrat, Republican: appropriated post-FDR by rival factions of big capital, to ringfence key voter demographics. It's a false paradigm.Mar 3, 20203Mar 3, 20203
