Daily Archives: April 14, 2015

Pew: Teens, Social Media, and Technology

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Max West

From a Pew Research Center study on “Teens, Social Media, and Technology”: Among Hispanic and African American youth, there is somewhat less access to desktops, compared with white teens. At the same time, African-American youth have greater access to smart … Continue reading →

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Youth (2015)

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Max West

Youth is an upcoming film by Paolo Sorrentino, and which stars (an aging) Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz, Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda (ugh), and the wonderful actor Paul Dano. Caine portrays a retired orchestra conductor vacationing in the Alps, who is … Continue reading →

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U.K.: The ‘Conservative’ Party Today

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Max West

In the U.K., this is how far gone the Conservative Party is, due to creeping socialism’s effect on the cultural whole: a piece in The Telegraph is titled “Conservatives promise 30 hours of free childcare as David Cameron launches manifesto … Continue reading →

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