They were an odd pair. Albert Camus was French Algerian, a pied-noir born into poverty who effortlessly charmed with his Bogart-esque features. Jean-Paul Sartre, from the upper reaches of French society, was never mistaken for a handsome man. They met in Paris during the Occupation and grew closer after the Second World War. In those
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In a recent Atlantic article, former Time magazine editor Richard Stengel writes that the American Century is dead. The cause of death? Donald Trump. “Trump’s administration is the death knell of the American Century,” Stengel writes. He explains: The inaugural address of Donald Trump did not contain the word justice or cooperation or ideals or
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Millennials have a reputation for loving protests, demanding safe spaces, and seeking social justice during their college years. Often it seems that these items take priority over the reason they are supposed to be attending college, namely, to study and grow in knowledge. The good news, however, is that there are still some in the
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Via The Hill: The State Department’s entire senior level of management officials resigned Wednesday, The Washington Post reported. Patrick Kennedy, the agency’s undersecretary for management who had served in the role for nine years, resigned unexpectedly along with three of his top officials. Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Joyce Anne Barr, Assistant Secretary of
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Those on the left and right have very different “what’s wrong with America” narratives—especially on the subject of race. The left presumes the pervasiveness of white racism; the right does not. For those on the left, America has always been—and remains—a racist society. Those on the right concede that there are individual racists, white and
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Critics of the proposed policy to expand private school choice in the United States argue that the government must fund and control schooling since it is a “public good.” This may sound accurate, as we label some schools as “public” and some as “private.” Since we have public schools, schooling must be a public good,
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