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Why Children are Unlikely to Understand these References in Peanut Cartoons 2
- Culture
- April 26, 2016
Writing on the ever popular Peanuts cartoon strip in The Atlantic, Jonathan Merritt makes an interesting observation about the prevalence with which Charles Schulz incorporated religion into his comics: “More than 560 of Schulz’s nearly 17,800 Peanuts newspaper strips contain a religious, spiritual, or theological reference. To put this into perspective, Schulz only produced 61
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Edmund Burke on Manners 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2016
It took Edmund Burke a very little time to decide that French Revolutionary philosophy posed a massive threat to civilization and social stability throughout Europe. By the end of his life, eight years after the storming of the Bastille, his fears of Jacobin contagion had led him to ask for a secret grave, removed from
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Dress Codes, Women-Only Safe Spaces: This is Feminism?0
- Culture
- April 25, 2016
Determining what constitutes an appropriately “feminist” position these days can be a confusing endeavor. For example: Does porn exploit women? Or does it liberate them? Depends who you ask. Two “feminists” might give different answers. You might get called a misogynist for even asking the question. It gets even more confusing when feminism comes into
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Is Propaganda Necessary in the Modern World?0
- Culture
- April 25, 2016
Edward Bernays is often referred to as the “father of public relations” and was one of the great proponents of propaganda in the 20th century. According to his biography, “During World War I, he was an integral part – along with Walter Lippmann – of the U.S. Committee on Public Information (CPI), a powerful propaganda machine
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Family Members Are Supposed to be a Burden on Each Other 1
- Uncategorized
- April 25, 2016
If you’re family, you burden each other. And that’s a good thing, once one understands what it means. This past weekend, First Things posted on Facebook an article they had originally published in 1991 entitled “I Want to Burden My Loved Ones.” That sounds awful, to be sure. But it was written by one of
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What the Bathroom Wars Really Mean 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2016
It’s understandable that some people are impatient, even disgusted, with all the fuss about which public bathrooms transgendered people get to use. Such feelings arise in part from the natural assumption that it shouldn’t be anybody’s business what people look like in the privacy of the stall. At least as understandable, however, is the fear
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Why Children are Unlikely to Understand these References in Peanut Cartoons 2