Once Sanity Has Been Restored

 

 

After the recent terror bombing of the shopping mall in Kremenchuk, Ukraine — and the usual Russian lies (“We thought it was empty, we were aiming at something else, and it’s all fake news, anyway”) — even President Macron of France has stopped talking about appeasing Putin and trying to negotiate a settlement . . . at least for now.

JTW Podcast: “A Short History of American Education”

Today’s podcast is a bit rough around the edges and you may not agree with everything she says, but it does highlight the importance of Robert Maynard Hutchins and Mortimer Jerome Adler to American education . . . or what’s left of it . . .:

News from the Network, Vol. 15, No. 23

This week’s news items illustrate to a greater than ever before need for the Economic Democracy Act.  It’s becoming increasingly evident that the people who have seized control of the global economy have no real idea what they’re doing or how to fix it.  Still, we continue to let you know what’s going on:

Ukraine and the Types of Banks

 

We may have remarked once or twice that we like to get questions, as answering them sometimes writes our next blog posting.  It’s particularly nice when the question actually has something to do with what we’ve been discussing . . . although we don’t (usually) give in to the temptation to dismiss a question on the grounds that we find it of no interest, e.g., like the professor who asks for questions, then says impatiently when he or she is asked one, “No, I meant, ‘Are there any intelligent questions?’.”

JTW Podcast: Running Against the Wind

Today’s podcast may not be the most exciting you’ve ever listened to, but it’s still important — particularly in light of the modern decay of Academia in many cases into job training, political indoctrination, and partying:

News from the Network, Vol. 15, No. 22

Although we start off today’s news items with something only marginally related to the Economic Democracy Act, once again we’ve discovered the centrality of widespread ownership through fundamental monetary and tax reform to be key to restoring a society that is not only just, but one in which people can actually live . . . and the Economic Democracy Act is essential for that:

And the Money? Good Question

 

As we’ve said a number of times on this blog, we like to get questions, as answering them tends to make our lives a little easier.  For one thing, it means we don’t have to stop and think about what to write that will interest readers, as the readers have already told us what they’re interested in.

JTW Podcast: CESJ on LA Catholic Morning

Today’s podcast is the rebroadcast of an interview with one of the authors of, The Greater Reset that is not about the book.  Instead, it’s about CESJ, that is, the interfaith Center for Economic and Social Justice, founded in 1984 and located in Arlington, Virginia . . . which provided the paradigm for the book, The Greater Reset.  Even though it's "Catholic radio," CESJ deals in the natural law, and is thus "catholic-with-a-small-c."

News from the Network, Vol. 15, No. 21

 

Do you want to give us something more positive to report than the same sort of thing we go with week after week?  Then adopt the Economic Democracy Act.  You’ll be amazed at how good things can be when people have access to the opportunity and means to do as they should instead of being forced to go along with things like this:

Is Putin an Anomaly?

 

How did Russian president Vladimir Putin gain so much wealth and power that he was able to start a war to carry out a personal vendetta?  Is there something unique and special about him that gives him the ability to manipulate world events on such a vast scale, endangering not only the lives and property of the people of Ukraine, but the very existence of the world itself?  Is his power so great because he is more — or less — than human?  Or is there something else that accounts for his rise and incredible influence on the rest of humanity?

JTW Podcast: The Catholic Conversation on The Greater Reset

. . . of course, that all depends on what you mean by “Catholic Conversation.”  In this case, it’s the title of the show in which we once again are talking with Catholic hosts about our book, The Greater Reset.  Yes, the book is put out by a Catholic publisher, and this is a recording of a Catholic podcast, but it’s not really about religion, at least in the narrow sense.  It’s about catholic-with-a-small-c principles that should guide economic, political, and even personal life.

News from the Network, Vol. 15, No. 20

 

Not surprisingly, we would have few news items to report if a country adopted the Economic Democracy Act and other followed suit.  So, why doesn’t anyone implement the EDA?  Well, until they do, here are a few of the situations that would benefit from an application of the Just Third Way:

Sticking to Your Guns: Rights and Wrongs

 

The recent horrifying upswing in mass shootings in the United States has again focused on the question of gun control — and rightfully so.  At least in today’s posting, however, we are not going to take a position on the question of gun control, but to examine the underlying assumptions and principles of a very broad spectrum of opinions on the subject.