Culture

Why Politics Divides People 0
- Culture
- January 21, 2019
Why is politics so negative compared to marketing — its analog in the private sector — even though virtually every candidate echoes the desire to “just get along”? The explanation revolves around two important ways political competition differs from market competition: higher payoffs to negative attacks, and rationally ignorant “customers.” Selling your product in the private
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Why I’m a ‘Misogynist’0
- Culture
- January 18, 2019
I’ve received any number of insults in the years since I began writing publicly. Lest you feel sorry for me, let me state up front that insults are a fact of life that any writer must learn to roll with, particularly if one writes for an online audience. But I must admit that there is
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Gillette and the Rise of Political Sycophancy 0
- Culture
- January 18, 2019
What is the deal with razor companies? First they put their products under lock and key, making it practically impossible to actually buy a razor, then they insult their customers. No wonder beards are making comeback. Gillette’s new commercial warning against toxic masculinity has attracted ridicule for alienating the very men who buy
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Where Is The Beauty in Buildings?0
- Culture
- January 18, 2019
A recent essay by Radomir Tylecote argued that we have turned our backs on the architectural traditions of our Western heritage, and in the process lost our connection to our own history and the generations that built it.[1] Dr. Tylecote argues well, and makes a strong case for reintroducing beauty into architecture; but his opening
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Why the Gillette Ad Has Been Misjudged and Deserves a Second Look 0
- Culture
- January 17, 2019
When I clicked play on Gillette’s new ad, I was fully prepared to roll my eyes at it. I was expecting something along the lines of Nike’s controversial Colin Kaepernick campaign, another example of (as several Twitter users have put it) “companies pretend[ing] to care about social justice to sell products to people
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Why Ex-Churchgoers Flocked to Trump 0
- Culture
- January 17, 2019
If you’ve ever been to a Donald Trump rally, you’ll notice it doesn’t match the impression left by the media coverage of the president’s base. Anger, for instance, isn’t the prevailing mood. Hopefulness is more characteristic. But there’s more. There’s something about these rallies that goes beyond politics, and his harshest critics have found it
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