# Randolph Bourne
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Randolph Silliman Bourne (; May 30, 1886 – December 22, 1918) was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University. He is considered to be a spokesman for the young radicals living during World War I. His articles appeared in journals including The Seven Arts and The New Republic. Bourne is best known for his essays, especially his unfinished work "The State," discovered after he died.
Masters of Our Fate, Captains of Our Souls
Thomas Paine was not an anarchist. He made it clear that his idea of anarchism (no government) aligned with government in its worst state: Utter chaos.
Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for…
Breaking Free From State Rule
Wars are mass-murder, massive theft, and unrelenting propaganda. In this country they’re lucrative overseas entanglements, as government diverts loot from taxpayers to the war industry. They’re also perpetual, as war embellishes the sanctity of the State as well as providing grounds for increased…
Welcome to the Warfare State
War is one of the few things that only the State can do. Indeed, as Randolph Bourne said, “War is the health of the State.” Let’s briefly discuss the nature of the State to see why World War 3 is on the way.
The State is like any other living entity: its prime directive is to survive and grow. Bea…
What I Learned at This Week’s White House Press Conference
“Every boat we strike saves the lives of 25,000 Americans,” says Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Wouldn’t that be something if it were true! How simple the problems of our post-imperial US world would be!
The White House press conference of October 23rd centered on the President, sitting on a gold…
Another Regime-Change War Will Accelerate America’s Slide Into Authoritarianism
The New York Times has just published an excellent editorial on the dangerous direction in which America is headed under President Trump. It is entitled “Are We Losing Our Democracy?” The editorial lists 12 factors pointing toward America’s slide into authoritarianism. I highly recommend reading it…
America’s Battle Over The Intellectual with Daniel Tutt
What if America’s “anti-intellectualism” isn’t a decline in smarts but a culture built to distrust theory? We trace that paradox from Puritan moral rigor and pragmatist “cash value” truths to the postwar professional class that speaks in a neutral tone while hiding its class origins. With Hofstadte…
War Is the Health of the State—Wilson and World War I
Empire of Liberty — Episode 5
$2.3 Billion in Loans Bought America a World War
Woodrow Wilson won reelection in 1916 on the slogan “He kept us out of war.” Five months later he stood before Congress and asked for a declaration.
The standard explanation is German aggression — the submarines, the …
The Perpetual Emergency
Empire of Liberty — Episode 5B
Article 5 examined how World War I transformed America - how financial entanglement, propaganda, and the suppression of dissent created what Randolph Bourne called “the health of the State.” Episode 5b applies that framework to the present: the permanent bombing camp…
To Love or Hate the United States? Dominic Erdozain on the Problem of American Patriotism
“We must perpetrate the paradox that our American cultural tradition lies in the future.” — Randolph Bourne, via Dominic Erdozain
Should Americans be proud of their country? The Anglo-American historian Dominic Erdozain thinks not. His new book, To Love a Country, argues that there’s a problem wi…
1-Bonus: The July 5th Episode
In this 5th of July Bonus episode, I look to Frederick Douglass and Randolph Bourne in sorting out my own conflicted feelings about America's 250th birthday.
If you're interested in the texts mentioned in this podcast, here are some places you can find out more, in order of their appearance in the …
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