A new book is coming out this month bearing the arresting title Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture. It is by Anthony Esolen, a professor of English at Providence College and a prominent cultural commentator. Esolen argues that what we used to think of as American culture has been utterly destroyed (principally by Marxist
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Many universities encourage students to purchase laptops that they can bring to class. Charities like One Laptop per Child provide low-cost laptops to disadvantaged students. There is no doubt that having a desktop computer or laptop in school is useful for writing papers, gathering information and learning how to program and use software. But, as
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At the start of 2017, the Atlantic author Ta-Nehisi Coates self-importantly announced he was taking a year-long sabbatical from Twitter to focus on that old-fashioned long-form genre: the book. He’s not the only one taking a Twitter hiatus; lots of celebrities and writers have taken temporary breaks from the social media platform. But the compulsion—or
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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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