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…4 min read·Jun 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.3 min read·Apr 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.4 min read·Dec 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?4 min read·Oct 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…7 min read·Jun 30, 2020--1--1
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.3 min read·Jun 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.5 min read·May 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…19 min read·Apr 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.5 min read·Mar 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.4 min read·Mar 3, 2020--3--3