Fred was part of the "smart kids' coterie" at Orange High School
where I taught many of the brightest young'uns from 1990 through 1996.
I did not teach Fred, although our paths crossed.
Dialogue With Fred Maske About "Conspiracy Theories That Have Changed The Course Of History"
Fred Maske's IMDb Page
Good luck with that!
"Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study In Human Nature"
Freely accessible PDF
And here is a remarkable account of the James' Family, perhaps the nation's greatest family.
Scroll down to Curtis W. Hart
William James
WikiQuote page
My favorite professor, Rev. J. Edgar Bruns, and I were leaving a Toronto restaurant
when he stopped, turned to me, and seeking my eyes with his,
said, "Alan. Love is need."
In the context of this email, I should mention that Bruns also confided (on another occasion) that his favorite novelist
was William James' brother, Henry.
Perhaps when you arrive, we can read Henry's novella together:
"The Turn of the Screw"
(At University of Toronto's St. Michael's College, I was privy to a story about Bruns storming into the professors' refectory, marching over to Leslie Dewart (St. Mike's most revered philosopher in the late sixties), and exclaiming: "So! You love science fiction, too." As I recall, Bruns was especially fond of Ursula Le Guin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin )
In light of our emerging oligarchy-plutocracy-kakistocracy,
we would wisely acknowledge that our national disease, greed, is reaching fever pitch.
"The Church" continues to drone on about sexual sin
when, in fact, it is the sin of greed whose effect is overwhelmingly toxic -
perhaps fatal.
William James
Britannica
(I often turn to Britannica to get shorter, clearer expostulation of the topic in hand.)
William James
Wikipedia page
How To Save "Conservative" "Christians" From Themselves: An Experiment In Reading About Notable Human Beings
Republican Vision Of A Reading List That's Acceptable For Public Instruction (And "A Failsafe Way To Restore Integrity And Vigor To America's Sick Body Politic: Two Years Of American History - Taught Dialectically - As A Prerequisite For High School Graduation")
"50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He's 50" /// "My Favorite Books"
"Even a lousy one!"
I'm reminded that G.K. Chesterton praised amateurs, while faulting professionals because amateurs were literally motivated by love-amor, whereas professionals were usually motivated by self-interested career-climbing. Amateurs (lovers) let us know they are "in love" with their juicy amateurism, whereas professionals seldom rise above dry "professions."
Americans Think Foreign Aid Consumes 1/3rd Of GNP. This Percentage Is Totally Hallucinated. Nevertheless, This Preposterous % Is What The Dimwits Believe. They Believe It Because They Don't Read And Don't Know How To Read With A Discerning Eye. Indeed, Many Of "The Benighted" Don't Read At All. And When They Do, Their "Reading List" Is All "Confirmation Bubble" Bullshit. They Live In The Dark Because They Don't Want Any Light That Will Oblige Them To Think. Bertrand Russell Observed That "People Would Rather Die Than Think. And Many Do." In Their Cave-Dark World, The Trolls Want Visceral Inflammation Immeasurably More Than They Want Knowledge Or Truth.
Cynthia, was the following exchange with Maske what caught your eye?
I don't have time to fact check this right now, but it seems plausible.
If California were a nation state, it would have the fifth largest economy among all the nations of the world.
States with a smaller population than Los Angeles County
Fred MaskeYes, this is true. And it would export a completely dysfunctional and unaffordable, unlivable existence to a fifth of the world while relying on some higher entity for handouts to balance its own budget.
Fred MaskeI wonder why you shout at clouds constantly, nobody else responds, nobody seems to care. You're this guy, I only hope you pull you out of your mental incapacity.
Fred MaskeI mean seriously, why would you post incessantly, every day, if you weren't looking for a reaction? What the hell do you think you're accomplishing by preaching badly to a silent choir?
Alan ArchibaldFred Maske "This above all - to thine own self be true,And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man."
I think we are under moral obligation to assert the truth even if no one listens, particularly when the liars in LaLaLand (and their lapdogs swelling the ranks of "popular culture") are not listening. But it is also true that I can't help noticing that you're listening. Probably because you're smart... albeit abysmally misguided.
Do you know of the famous war protestor A.J. Muste.
Once a reporter asked him, "Do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night in front of the White House with a candle?" A.J. Muste replied softly: "Oh I don't do this to change the country. I do this so the country won't change me
This map is not correct. LA County has almost 10M people. North Carolina, Georgia, and probably Michigan have more people than LA County:
List of U.S. states and territories by population - Wikipedia
Cynthia, or was it this exchange with Maske that caught your eye?
No one is perfect and perfectionism is a curse.
We are humbled, and thus made free, by our shortcomings.
From the beginning, I have thought that Pope Francis is the best at least compromised of all the major actors on the world stage.
And although Biden‘s shameful - indeed, criminal - participation in Netanyahu‘s ongoing extermination of the Gazan people, he also had an otherwise illustrious career. It gladdens me that at the end of his presidential career, Joe bestows the medal of freedom on the pope who himself is nearing the end of his illustrious career, while continuing to speak dauntlessly about those people who used to live “on the margins,” but increasingly find themselves in free fall.
Alan ArchibaldThey say that people who are fixated on weird topics are either camouflaging themselves, or denying deep-seated tendencies. Not always, but often.
Fred MaskeAlan Archibald Who are "they?" And why would you consistently defend proven pedophiles? Why do you think that topic is "weird?"
Fuck off, Alan. Insinuating I'm a pedophile because I call out the ones you routinely defend just proves what a fucking degenerate piece of shit you are. You really need to do a self-check at some point.
YOU are absolutely fixated, and you're still apparently blind to it. YOU are the fascist, the autocrat, the pro-war, pro-censorship, authoritarian trash that you pretend to criticize while all the time dreaming of your team being the referees of all aspects of the game.
If you still don't understand that you are a fierce defender of pedophiles then I guess you'll never read a word of Hunter Biden's laptop information, which you could have done months ago. But you're an NPC partisan hack who only cares about being right, and not a bit about what's true.
Seriously...FUCK. OFF. Defender of pedophiles.
Alan ArchibaldFred Maske "FUCK OFF" with all caps is temper tantrum time. Mao observed that "we have nothing to learn from reactionaries." I observe that we have nothing to learn from colicky two year olds.
