The 2023 Thanksgiving Holiday began with a complete reset of our server. It has taken me most of the week to restore the posts that were online, without any spiffy images. Images will return as time permits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last few years have been an adventure. Blogging often assumes a lower priority than parenting or teaching. Maybe the reset of the server will encourage me to get some unreleased posts out for the world to read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thoughts fill my mind, yet I haven’t diligently recorded those thoughts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I now teach at a state university, a major research institution with resources I lacked throughout the pandemic. It’s nice to teach, research, and write from within the ivory towers again. It is a tower: my office is on the fifth floor with a beautiful view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost Classical matters to me; I use the blog and social media to ponder new ideas and reconsider my previous thoughts. Lately, I’ve been asking a lot of questions about my naivete. In 2016, I was confident things were bad, but not so bad as to justify panic. Now, panic seems justified. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those of us dedicated to Enlightenment-based liberalism, and especially those of us with a libertarian bias, cannot dismiss the last few years as mere aberrations. It seems the people of many nations embrace nationalism, cult-like populism, and a cacophony of conspiracies. To assume absurd ideas cannot survive in the marketplace of ideas is a dangerous conceit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I look forward to reviewing what I wrote and preparing new content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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