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- DEI Was Supposed to Help People Like Me. It Didn’t April 24, 2024My bosses wanted my Caribbean face at diversity training sessions. What they didn’t want were my actual viewpoints.Raquel Rosario Sánchez
- The Lonely Death of an Ojibway Boy April 23, 2024Charlie Wenjack has come to symbolise the deadly horrors of Canada’s Residential Schools. Unfortunately, many details of his tragic story have been misrepresented in the process.Robert Macbain
- Stifling Free Speech Online: Australia’s Misinformation Bill April 23, 2024Every censorship regime in history has claimed to be protecting the public. But no regime can have prior knowledge of what is true or good. It can only know what the approved narratives are.Toadworrier
- DEI Was Supposed to Help People Like Me. It Didn’t April 24, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- Duos, Etc. April 24, 2024Reader mail on Lerner & Loewe, “The Master and Margarita,” the Confederacy, and more.
- Lewinsky days and now, &c. April 24, 2024On Clinton and Trump; America and nukes; transgenderism and sports; the terror of tipping; and more.
- One Green Jacket, Etc. April 23, 2024Reader mail on Condoleezza Rice, Gabrielle Starr, and more.
- Duos, Etc. April 24, 2024
Tag Archives: culture
Thomas Sowell on Culture
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Mainstream Madness
A little over 50 years ago James Burnham authored a book titled “Suicide of the West”. It was his thesis that the West had lost faith in its institutions and culture. As a result, the West, especially its intellectuals and … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Douglas Murray, Hoover Institution, Peter Robinson, politics
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Leonard Nimoy on Life, Art and Culture
Back in 1989 the film critic and social commentator Michael Medved conducted a wide ranging interview of actor Leonard Nimoy; the interview focused primarily on arts and culture. Although he is most famous for playing the Vulcan Mr. Spock on … Continue reading
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Tagged art, culture, Film, Hillsdale College, Leonard Nimoy, LLAP, Michael Medved, Spock, Star Trek
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Ben Sasse for President
We are once again faced with the question of whether it is worth voting in the Presidential race and if so, for whom. Before considering any particular candidate, let’s have a look at the question of why vote at all. … Continue reading
The Ongoing Cultural Disaster
Q: What accounts for the grotesque state of American politics? A: The grotesque state of American culture. Politics is, and always has been, downstream from culture. Sure, politics and policy can influence culture, but that influence is largely ephemeral. … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, education, policy, politics, public sector unions, School Choice, schools, teachers unions
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The Great Awokening
America has had several waves of Awakening in its history, characterized by intense religious enthusiasm and social activism. These waves stemmed from American Protestantism, often accompanied by a profound sense of conviction and redemption. They tended to be evangelistic, with … Continue reading
Art and Culture
Politics is downstream from culture in that politics is shaped by culture. Famous writers like George Orwell (1984), Arthur Koestler (Darkness at Noon) and Mario Vargas Llosa (The War of the End of the World) have ruminated on this and … Continue reading