Culture

Counterpunchers: People Who Fight Back 0
- Culture
- March 6, 2020
In my (much) younger days, I did some boxing. Bill Bianco, an Italian-American living in Boonville, North Carolina, who had boxed as a pro for a little while, gave me my first lessons in the art of pugilism when I was in elementary school. Later, for a year – prior to an honorable discharge in
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After Weinstein, the Rules of Intimacy Come Full Circle 0
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- March 6, 2020
The conviction of Harvey Weinstein at his recent trial on counts of third-degree rape and sexual assault was evidently a shock to him, but it is also very sobering for sexual libertarians in general. The field of uncommitted sex is now full of risks and safety seems to lie in a new revolution. The rewriting of the
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Why Perfection Continues to Evade Society 0
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- March 6, 2020
Just a few weeks ago I was surprised to see a headline indicating American confidence had increased over the past few years. The following chart from a January Gallup poll gives a glimpse into that confidence: How quickly things change. As a friend recently told me, when everything looks good and optimism is up, that’s
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On Netflix’s Love is Blind, Mistaken Ideas Are the Villains 0
- Culture
- March 5, 2020
Like millions of others, I couldn’t look away from Netflix’s smash-hit reality show Love is Blind. The contestants were looking for love, but most seemed to hold mistaken beliefs about the nature of love. With their attention riveted on who would make them happy and fulfill their needs, the contestants expressed their feelings: You are the
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The Rule of Our Sophisticated Suckers 0
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- March 5, 2020
“There’s a sucker born every minute,” said P. T. Barnum, expressing, without intending it, the soul of modernist movements in the arts. Donald Trump recently outraged what has been called, without any sense of irony or hyperbole, “the architectural community,” with a directive preferring the federal style for new public buildings in Washington, D.C. That
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This Isn’t Working: How We View Those We Oppose 0
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- March 5, 2020
Recently I celebrated my birthday with my son and five of his children. His wife and oldest daughter were visiting relatives, so I pitched in and helped James with the kids. On my birthday we took the kids to a Steak ‘n Shake just north of town. It’s a kid-friendly restaurant and getting grandchildren to
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