Culture

Trump’s Twitter Might Cost Him His Chance At Reelection 0
- Culture
- September 16, 2019
Politics cannot be divorced from culture. Many people are wedded to the misperception that, in a democratic society, we elect leaders who are somehow better than the ordinary voter. In fact, democratic societies tend to elect leaders who are, in most ways, a reflection of the voters themselves. Since political leadership in a republic is only as strong as
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U.N. Climate Chief: Stop Worrying and Have Children 0
- Culture
- September 16, 2019
Climate change may well be a problem, but the chief of the United Nations’ agency on climate says it won’t destroy the world – and shouldn’t stop young people from having children. Alarmist rhetoric from “doomsters and extremists” that babies will destroy the planet “resembles religious extremism” and “will only add to [young women’s] burden”
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Why Progressivism Wins 1
- Culture
- September 13, 2019
Suppose you wanted to design a political ideology to maximize power. What would that ideology look like? First, and most importantly, it would need to be attractive enough for people to believe it and support it. Especially in a democracy, there is strength in numbers. The ideology should provide a mix of moral and material
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Young Americans Suffer From the Burden of Low Moral Expectations 0
- Culture
- September 13, 2019
In 2001, President George W. Bush gave a speech to the NAACP in which, among other items, he decried the “soft bigotry of low expectations.” While he was speaking of how minority students are treated and viewed in the classroom, such sentiments are now true of American society as a whole, especially for young people.
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How I Did Not Meet Your Mother 0
- Culture
- September 13, 2019
The produce aisle has become a minefield; church isn’t safe – and the workplace is far more dangerous than ever. If this continues, the species may not. No joke. Men and women used to meet – and sometimes flirt – at such places. Often, they ended up married. Ronald Reagan met Nancy on a movie set; so did Ayn Rand (who worked as a screenwriter
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I’m a Feminist Who Was Purged by the Trans Left 0
- Culture
- September 12, 2019
In 2015, I wrote my first piece on transgender ideology and practice. I co-wrote it, because these were perspectives that I was frankly uneasy to voice on my own. And I had good reason to be wary. My views would later destroy friendships, my theater company, and my ability to make work in the indie theater community
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