Culture

Obama and Kanye on Woke Culture: ‘Get Over That Fast’0
- Culture
- November 1, 2019
Recently, President Obama made some choice comments about woke culture. You know, that’s not activism. That’s not bringing about change. If all you’re doing is casting stones, you’re probably not going to get that far. President Obama, like Dave Chapelle before him, appears to be jumping on the “woke culture” critique bandwagon, and his remarks are
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Saudi Women Slowly Move Outside ‘The Cage’0
- Culture
- November 1, 2019
English singer Joss Stone sparked a controversy earlier this year after she shared a photograph on social media of herself wearing a pink niqab in Saudi Arabia. The image quickly divided her 286,000 followers, one of whom made the critical observation: Wearing (niqab) is not a ‘fun’ thing, it is not even a ‘cultural thing’, it is a religious
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Copycatting Melania Trump 0
- Culture
- October 31, 2019
Recently, my friend John and I were discussing intelligence and the media. “Find any picture of reporters with that woman,” John said, “And you’ll see she’s the smartest person in the room.” “That woman” was Melania Trump. I only knew a little about Melania Trump, so I thought I’d do some digging. She speaks six
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What’s Behind the Explosion of Pet Costumes?0
- Culture
- October 31, 2019
I did a double take reading a headline on The Conversation the other day. It appears that pets plus Halloween makes for a lucrative enterprise: Americans are expected to spend US $8.8 billion on candy, costumes and decorations this year – or $86 for every person who plans to celebrate. That includes a half a
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First Look at Latest National Test Scores: Is It Cultural?0
- Culture
- October 31, 2019
The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) – the “Nation’s Report Card” – scores are out, and they aren’t encouraging. But how discouraged should we be? The main NAEP tracks national, state, and selected local scores back to the early 1990s, though there have been some changes that have affected comparability among years, and not all states have participated
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C.S. Lewis Predicted Our Doom 1
- Culture
- October 31, 2019
Whose dystopia are we living in today? With Donald Trump as president and the world seemingly ablaze, answering that question can sometimes feel like gambling on a horse race. So bet big on George Orwell, as China’s terrifying social credit system makes his Nineteen Eighty-Four freshly relevant. Though the odds are still good on Aldous Huxley, whose Brave
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