tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16086974211870434792024-03-18T02:29:42.644-05:00meaning in historythis blog develops the idea that a theory of man in history can be worked out around the theme that man's self expression in culture and society is motivated by the desire to find meaning in man's existence. i proceed by summarizing seminal works that provide insights into the dynamics of this process, with the view that the culmination of this exploration was reached with god's self revelation in jesus. i'll hopefully also explore the developments that followed this event.mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2764125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-6797685691313398892021-09-07T08:29:00.001-05:002021-09-07T08:29:13.408-05:00Reminder: New HomeJust a reminder that meaning in history has a new home (with initial caps)--this is where new content will appear. This link will take you directly to the archive of all posts. I wish it could be broken down by year/month, but:https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/archive?utm_source=menu-dropdownAs you'll see if you go back a bit in the archive, while all prior posts were imported, 1) not all mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-370765358250471502021-09-03T18:35:00.004-05:002021-09-04T11:03:41.564-05:00NEW UPDATE: RSS Feed For Meaning In HistoryDon't ask me why Substack hides this, but for those--like me--who use RSS readers, this is what you want:https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/feedUPDATE: I spoke too soon. While that address will fetch the titles of items, 1) I can't mark them as read, and 2) the items don't appear to link to anything--i.e., if I double click on them they don't open in a browser tab/mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-72686702481340381362021-09-03T07:56:00.004-05:002021-09-03T07:56:48.019-05:00Comments at SubstackStill learning. At Substack I have to manually enable free commenting on a per-post basis. All the archived posts from here that were imported are default pay-to-comment except for "You're not a dog, Ya'll!" which I just now manually changed to test it. I'll check for an alternative setting, but that's what I'm stuck with for now.The result is I'll need to get to editing some of the recent posts.mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-18548303287711292472021-09-02T22:39:00.002-05:002021-09-02T22:39:22.260-05:00My New HomeRegular readers will be aware that I've been looking for a place to write where I won't be unreasonably unpublished with no real recourse. Blogger has been a good home and there are lots of things I like about it. Because it's relatively simple, it has allowed me to just let it run on its own without much managing.You may have noticed that I only did one brief post today. Besides it's being a mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-58320588466326623642021-09-02T09:57:00.002-05:002021-09-02T09:57:48.830-05:00You're Not A Dog, Ya'll!Start the day with a laugh:I took some dog pain killer the other day. The human version. But dogs take it too. It's pretty much the same. But theirs is savory and chewable. Wrong end of the stick? pic.twitter.com/Ywv8NVBI6O— Alexandros Marinos (@alexandrosM) September 2, 2021 Totally unrelated, but also gave me a good laugh. This knucklehead thought he was gonna change the world by leaking DIOG? mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-71957127469720234252021-09-01T21:24:00.002-05:002021-09-01T21:24:46.366-05:00Another Sign That The Narrative Is Breaking DownToday the NYT ran an article, the significance of which is not so much what is said, but the fact that the article appeared in such an ueber-MSM outlet. The article is a call to America to ask the "hard Covid-19 questions." The point is that, two years on, we have yet to really face up to those questions:The Hard Covid-19 Questions We’re Not AskingThe authors, two public health professors, focus mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-68218261815089180322021-09-01T13:07:00.003-05:002021-09-01T13:07:26.052-05:00What Is Kevin McCarthy Talking About?A number of commenters have questioned the efficacy of GOP pushback against the Dem House's request for telecom records that probably targets GOP representatives in the context of the January 6 Event "insurrection" witchhunt that Pelosi hopes will save her House. Initial reports characterized these requests as congressional subpoenas, but it now appears that they are simply request letters mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-78025835201072140532021-08-31T17:36:00.007-05:002021-09-01T10:46:02.631-05:00MAJOR UPDATE: Is This Pelosi's Master Plan For Election 2022?If so, my bet is that it's headed for a fail. Perhaps even a backfire.Law prof Jonathan Turley has the story at The Hill:Democrats' Jan. 6 subpoena-palooza sets dangerous precedentFor "Dems" I think it's entirely fair to read: Pelosi. As Turley details, the Dems are going full witch hunt on the GOP side in the House, issuing an tidal wave of subpoenas for their phone records. Given that the FBI mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-11582090990362514322021-08-31T17:16:00.003-05:002021-08-31T17:16:26.615-05:00Another Sign The Wheels Are Coming Off?This article appeared yesterday at the Epoch Times. If a former medical school professor, a current Pfizer board member, and former head of the FDA--that's all one person--is openly saying that natural immunity needs to be included in policy discussions, does that signal that the wheels are coming off the establishment narrative of the Covid Regime? The person in question is Scott Gottlieb, and mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-83278857962582121872021-08-31T13:22:00.004-05:002021-08-31T14:03:19.817-05:00Updating The Boost StageWell, first a brief political update--although, really, it's all politics. And in a very real sense it seems almost pointless. Election 2022 is pointing toward being one of the few most consequential elections in American history, but until that happens most of the real political news is at the grass roots level. As Emerald Robinson recounted recently (How The GOP Committed Suicide Trying to Stopmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-73846573816378054632021-08-30T13:29:00.002-05:002021-08-30T13:33:58.928-05:00Briefly Noted: Serious Pushback In WA, MoreThe Federalist carried a very interesting article this morning on a topic that's been out there--more or less waiting in the wings. I'm referring to the issue of mandates for employees to submit to experimental gene therapy injections. We're talking about two different but related issues. One is the issue of private companies issuing such mandates, while the other relates to governments doing so.mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-92004855402533126052021-08-29T14:43:00.003-05:002021-08-29T14:43:22.651-05:00Briefly Noted: Recommended Reads 8/29/21Yesterday I recommended an article by Paul Gottfried, The Emerging One-Party State. Today Emerald Robinson has an article at her Substack (H/T Ray So-Cal) that offers a bit of a contrast:How The GOP Committed Suicide Trying to Stop TrumpAmerica Has Never Been Closer to Uni-Party RuleAs you can see, each perceives our traditional two party system--traditional, but never actually mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-18361591112071998442021-08-28T14:39:00.002-05:002021-08-28T14:39:11.060-05:00Reminder: Things Could Always Be WorseEveryone complains about the GOP, but here are three articles--all related in a general way--that remind us that things could be worse and that our votes and choices really do matter:Paul Gottfried sees the threat clearly enough. Voters need to somehow get through to their representativesThe Emerging One-Party StateRepublicans would do well to abstain from misleading talk about “bipartisanship” mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-15581681809266136642021-08-28T13:51:00.004-05:002021-08-28T13:51:32.693-05:00Jonathan Turley On The Byrd InterviewLaw prof Jonathan Turley weighs in on the shooting of Ashli Babbitt. This follows the exoneration of the Capitol police lieutenant who shot her and his subsequent interview. The point that Turley makes that is most remarkable is that Byrd, in his interview, demolished the rationale that had been advanced to exonerate him. One wonders--at least I do; Turley doesn't mention this--was he not mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com72tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-59127331873038627892021-08-28T13:22:00.000-05:002021-08-28T13:22:02.289-05:00Is This Some Sort Of Parable Or Metaphor?This story has been out there for a few days, but now we have a link to a pretty detailed account:Secret Service Records Show Biden Dog Major Repeatedly Bit Secret Service Personnel(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it received 36 pages of records communications from the Secret Service that show the Bidens’ dog Major was responsible for numerous biting incidents of Secret mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-50849528717263957512021-08-28T11:03:00.000-05:002021-08-28T11:03:01.260-05:00Briefly Noted: Full DisclosuresThis should come as news to no one--I've always assumed that Dr. Robert Malone is liberal in his inclinations. It's just one of things that goes with the territory he has inhabited all his life, so I assume liberal inclinations on those that live and work there. I'm always happy to be wrong, but it's one of those show-me things.To his credit, this morning he provides that full disclosure, and to mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-23244349283031617902021-08-27T19:29:00.001-05:002021-08-27T19:42:41.557-05:00Covid Update 8/27/21It's been a bit of a rough day, but I'm finally catching up with things--well, with some things. The big Covid news today was a new Israeli study. Israeli, perhaps the most vaxxed country on earth, has developed into a sort of canary in the coal mine. Also, along with the UK, they've been pushing out some good quality data and analysis.This is the study that has created a real buzz:Comparing mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-22802546287242582002021-08-27T11:13:00.006-05:002021-08-27T11:13:42.528-05:00ApologiesThis morning I received the following email from Blogger: Hello, As you may know, our Community Guidelines (https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy) describe the boundaries for what we allow-- and don't allow-- on Blogger. Your post titled "Fascinating Interview With Dr. Peter McCullough" was flagged to us for review. We have&mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com72tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-84869541708709212692021-08-26T22:04:00.004-05:002021-08-26T22:04:48.622-05:00Does The Sergeant Major Want Me In The Room With Him?Because I'm pretty sure I don't think like Sergeant Major Grinston. For example, I'm open to the idea that cohesiveness and thinking differently (diversity?) may actually militate against each other. How can a group of people who all think differently be cohesive? And lethal? I can't imagine how low morale must be if our soldiers have to put up with this sort of bafflegab from on high.Jessie Janemark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-1525303247047434512021-08-26T17:35:00.007-05:002021-08-26T18:52:50.936-05:00UPDATED: Who Wrote The List?There's not much point in discussing the utter shame that the political and Deep State establishment has brought America to. They think we deserve this. So be it. It's up to us to react and prove that we don't. I doubt anyone actually cares what Zhou said--I know I don't, and I can't imagine any serious person caring. The interesting question is: Who wrote the list? Ron Klain or someone else? mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-76641938385999563742021-08-26T14:08:00.003-05:002021-08-26T19:49:57.419-05:00Docs For Covid EthicsA week or two ago--it's hard to keep track--I summarized Session II of the Doctors for Covid Ethics symposium. That session focused on economic and technocracy issues and featured, among others, Richard Werner and Catherine Austin Fitts. I spent part of this morning watching a major portion of Session I of the Doctors For Covid Ethics Symposium. I found Michael Palmer's presentation on Covid mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-18170167833294394062021-08-26T13:25:00.006-05:002021-08-26T15:11:46.564-05:00Polling: Major Problems For Zhou RegimeRight. I know that subject line sounds pretty obvious. However, an interesting article in The Atlantic examines some of the recent polling more closely, and comes up with some interesting insights that go beyond the usual day to day issues in the news.It’s the Pandemic, StupidWhat new polls reveal about American prioritiesFirst of all, all the polls and aggregations skew liberal, so the numbers mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-59559420861556420632021-08-25T19:33:00.003-05:002021-08-25T19:33:43.381-05:00Boost Stage At Six, Not Eight--And MoreRemember when boosting at eight months was a thing? That always seemed weird, given that the Israelis are boosting at five, I think. But now it seems the US is catching up. Eight is old hat:Remember when they said you'd need a booster at eight months?Make it six.https://t.co/NQhoxmTZgO— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) August 25, 2021 How do you keep up with this? Anyway, it seems checking for mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-80285946804427281802021-08-25T19:09:00.000-05:002021-08-25T19:09:00.972-05:00Follow The HopeIn a remarkable interview, Doc Rochelle was asked about the basis for the CDC's support for boosting people--was it based on hope or, preferably, data? asked the interviewer. Rochelle's forthright answer was that they had "hope, not data" that the boosts will work. Don't believe me? Here it is:I don't know quite how to respond. Why is she still in this job? A third jab, with attendant risks, and mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-55496692845636200372021-08-25T15:15:00.005-05:002021-08-25T15:19:17.355-05:00‘Nudging’ The Public To ComplyRecently I presented by theory that what drives social conformity--including compliance with patently unreasonable mandates against normal human behavior--is the rootedness of human nature as social, and especially as rooted in the most basic of human institutions: the family, NOT the individual. From that I extrapolated to the natural human tendency to comply with the wishes or demands of mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.com14