Culture

An Old Guy Looks at Coronavirus 0
- Culture
- March 13, 2020
Ignorant. That word might well serve as my middle name. I know little of science, though my college professors taught me physics and biology. Higher mathematics is beyond my ken, though I minored in math in college. I recognize the names and the general ideas of certain philosophers, but can’t readily reconstruct Plato’s ideas about
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The Coronavirus is Scary, But Remote Work Shouldn’t Scare You 0
- Culture
- March 13, 2020
It’s always fun to observe people’s reactions when I tell them I work from home. Pity is not uncommon (“How lonely!”). Occasionally it’s jealousy (“Man, that would be nice!”). Often it’s bewilderment (“How did you pull that off?”). The most common reactions, though, are avowals from people who say in various ways they couldn’t possibly
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Misleading Myths of Feminism Ignore the Human Heart 0
- Culture
- March 12, 2020
Two myths shared by feminism and the radical left have a major influence on contemporary culture. One is that the external problems of life are the most significant; the second, that men do the bad things. These are united by one underlying assumption: the public is more significant than the private. Yet some things are
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A Body Without a Soul: Is That the State of Our Culture?0
- Culture
- March 12, 2020
An older man with a Van Dyke beard often visits my favorite coffee shop. Eventually, a mutual friend introduced us. This gentleman, who once taught philosophy and served as president of a small Catholic college, began talking to me of Heidegger and Hegel, of various philosophical movements in the nineteenth century, and of capitalism and
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How Did American Schools Get Like This?0
- Culture
- March 11, 2020
For much of America, the Midwest is a part of deplorable flyover country filled with hick farmers and blue-collar manufacturers who somehow conspired with the Russians to steal the 2016 election and put Donald Trump into the White House. Those of us who live here know that the Midwest is far from immune to the
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Greater Idaho Movement Shows Americans’ Shift Toward Decentralization 0
- Culture
- March 11, 2020
Recently disgruntled residents of rural counties in southwest Oregon have been organizing a petition to move Idaho’s border westward to form a “Greater Idaho” that could also potentially include parts of Northern California. This petition mirrors a recent proposal in Virginia in which rural countries in the state would separate and join West Virginia in protest of Virginia’s latest push for gun
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