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  • The Sokal Affair: Why can’t academics write clearly?

    The Sokal Affair: Why can’t academics write clearly?0

    Language disguises the thought; so that from the external form of the clothes one cannot infer the form of the thought they clothe, because the external form of the clothes is constructed with quite another object than to let the form of the body be recognized. The above is an excerpt from philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s

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  • The Soft Nihilism of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’

    The Soft Nihilism of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’4

    In 1971, John Lennon asked us to imagine a world with “no heaven,” “no hell,” “no religion,” and “nothing to kill or die for.” Thirty-six years later, the piano on which he wrote that iconic anthem embarked on a “symbolic road trip for peace” that took it to sites of violence and persecution around the

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  • The Social Media Jam: Why Too Many Choices Leave Us Feeling Stuck

    The Social Media Jam: Why Too Many Choices Leave Us Feeling Stuck6

    There’s a famous experiment involving jams. Not problems, and not what old people call music, but the third thing: sweetened and thickened fruit spreads. The experiment famously showed that at some point having additional choices is overwhelming, and actually appears to make people worse off. There were actually three studies, though for some reason the “jam experiment” is

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  • The Social Justice Warriors’ Takeover of Newsrooms

    The Social Justice Warriors’ Takeover of Newsrooms0

    In the wake of the protests and riots that erupted following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, a revealing transformation has been occurring in the country’s media landscape. This is now the message coming from the media: The narrative about how society should look at this incident shall remain in accordance

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  • The Sober Curious Are Challenging the Drinking Culture. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.

    The Sober Curious Are Challenging the Drinking Culture. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.0

    Accompanying the growing interest in wellness lifestyles is a growing interest in giving up alcohol. The “sober curious” are looking for a way to socialize without alcohol. Millennials are drinking less, and entrepreneurs are eager to give consumers what they want. This sober curious trend is not limited to single millennials residing on the coasts.

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  • The Simplest–but Most Overlooked–Way to Renew Our Culture

    The Simplest–but Most Overlooked–Way to Renew Our Culture37

    Last week, President Trump made an appearance at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Trump’s speech contained a number of comments on religion–even hinting at his own deepened faith since the bullet grazed his ear in July 2024–but actually didn’t focus much on the breakfast’s titular object: prayer. Trump may not place much emphasis on

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