Paul & Phillip Collins

VFTB Live: Paul Collins and Phillip Collins — The Virtual Panopticon

On: November 13, 2010

18th CENTURY philosopher and architect Jeremy Bentham invented a new type of prison in which inmates could be watched by jailers at any time, or all the time, without the knowledge of the prisoners. The panopticon has disturbing implications for the total surveillance society in which we find ourselves today.Continue Reading

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VFTB Live: Paul & Phillip Collins — The Politics of Dominion

By: Derek

On: July 31, 2010

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THE ELECTION of Barack Obama has prompted a visceral response from conservatives in America. The tea-party movement has a strong appeal to conservative Christians, who respond to the movement’s call for smaller government that abides by the Constitution. But within that movement are those who seek to remake the EarthContinue Reading

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VFTB 056: Paul & Phillip Collins — The Government and UFO Cults

By: Derek

On: July 11, 2010

In: A View From the Bunker, Podcast

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FOLLOWING UP our discussion of ufology and “alien” theology last week, we continue to examine the alien gospel with Paul and Phillip Collins, authors of The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship: An Examination of Epistemic Autocracy, From the 19th to the 21st Century. The Brothers Collins make the case thatContinue Reading

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VFTB 044a: Paul & Phillip Collins — Obama, Transformer or Technocrat?

By: Derek

On: April 18, 2010

In: A View From the Bunker, Podcast

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BARACK OBAMA is on a political roll, finally getting his health care reform bill and preparing to push through (equally unpopular) legislation on climate change and immigration reform. But can President Obama — or any president — really offer change?Continue Reading

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