Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland’s first ministers push independence as Labour betrays Brexit. Carney’s Canada–Ukraine 100-year pact, EU associate talk, and rate-hike “noise” target Trump’s midterms.
$5,000 price on the midterms. AfD cracked Europe’s firewall. Dallas named the fight. Seven weeks out — and London’s map just got redrawn.
Bruce Director digs into your comments from the Aug 29 class: why the British System is inherently entropic, why no equation can predict a creative discovery, and how frontier science backs the American System’s idea of man.
Join us for Promethean Action's weekly class as Tony Papert hosts a deep dive into William McKinley's presidency with guest speaker Bob Ingraham. Discover how McKinley, with his strong advocacy for high protective tariffs, significantly boosted American manufacturing, technology, and wages while driving down prices. Understand the historical context and the revolutionary impacts of McKinley's economic policies on America's industrial growth, framed by comparisons to contemporary tariffs and economic debates. Learn about McKinley's unwavering focus on labor and middle-class upliftment, juxtaposed against the interests of Wall Street and corporate leaders of his time.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:34 William McKinley and Tariffs
06:04 McKinley's Tariff Battles
21:19 Impact of McKinley's Policies
34:32 McKinley's Commitment to Labor
49:53 McKinley's Legacy and Final Thoughts
Bruce Director digs into your comments from the Aug 29 class: why the British System is inherently entropic, why no equation can predict a creative discovery, and how frontier science backs the American System’s idea of man.
Cable news is arguing eggs, beef, gas, and Iran. Bruce Director spent Saturday night on the real midterm question: American System vs. British System — two flavors of the same entropy, and nine weeks to pick a future.
Chatbots dominate the AI argument. Brian Lantz spent Saturday night on the other kind — robots, machine shops, and factory floors — and why manufacturing, not the data center, is where the country actually gets richer.
Nixon called it “temporary.” 55 years later it’s still policy. Will Wertz reads the paper trail — the secret Kissinger memo, the Volcker Group, Britain’s run on Fort Knox — and the principles of the new Bretton Woods Trump’s Treasury says is underway.
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