Culture

When Compassion Becomes Coercion 5
- Politics, Culture
- February 6, 2023
The corruption of compassion. It begins with identity groups making appeals to compassion, then progresses to demands for preferential treatment. It ends with the injustice of coerced compassion in the form of special rights, entitlements, and demands for everyone else to promote and endorse the lifestyles and causes of those groups. A recent case in
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The Techno-Dystopia of Contemporary Film and Television 3
- Culture, Entertainment
- February 3, 2023
There’s a creative strain that has haunted film, television, and streaming services for the past decade. Though the seedlings of this strain have been around for a long time, it has now become a cornerstone of entertainment, which makes it both compelling and worrisome. I’m referring to techno-dystopianism. The general idea behind techno-dystopianism is using
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Our Overlooked Vice: Frivolity 2
- Culture, Entertainment
- February 3, 2023
Frivolity is killing America. That’s an overstatement, but it’s not too far from the truth. While the neglect of morals, absolute truth, and traditional sex roles is clear from even a cursory glance at society, the slow degradation of the mind often hides in the background. Frivolity is worth considering, if only because it’s so
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‘How to Handle a Woman’4
- Family, Culture
- February 2, 2023
Now, there’s a title that will wake the woke, particularly females, and send them roaring my way with brickbats and scalping knives. That word “handle” in particular splashes kerosene on the fires of rage, implying as it does some sort of manipulator. Yet “How to Handle a Woman” is the name of a song in
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Marie Kondo and the Clutter That Sparks Joy 3
- Family, Culture
- February 2, 2023
When I was eight years old, a little girl moved in across the street. Since Katie* was an only child and the daughter of two working parents, she spent a fair amount of time at my house, imagining and playing up a storm. One day, several years into our friendship, I happened to be over
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Should Women Settle for Mr. Good Enough?8
- Family, Culture
- January 30, 2023
Recently, a male friend who has asked me out several times sent me a Facebook message about psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb’s best-selling book Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough. He thought I might find it interesting, and whether or not this was a ploy to make me regret shooting him down remains
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