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Category Archives: Culture
On Being Human in an Age of Distraction
Gracy Olmstead reviews Matthew Crawford’s book The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction: The subtitle to his latest book promises a look at our “age of distraction.” There have been a plethora of … Continue reading
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Smith & Jones
Smith’s new admission policy: Men who “identify” as women can apply but not women who “identify” as men. Overcoming this discrimination will likely be a ‘civil rights’ cause in the next 3 years or so.
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NYT: Transgender Today
They’re breathlessly excited over at Slate about the NYT’s recent amplification of their already-plentiful, progressive, social justice-oriented, sexuality agenda: [T]he New York Times launched on Monday a ground-breaking editorial package called “Transgender Today.” In the opening piece, the Times expressed … Continue reading
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Judaic Crypsis in ‘Mad Men’
At Counter-Currents, James O’Meara, who has written previously on Mad Men, discusses ‘Judaic Crypsis in the Final Season of Mad Men‘.
Remake: Alex Haley’s “Roots”
In the late ’70s, ABC ran a popular mini-series called Roots, based on the Alex Haley autobiographical novel. The depictions in this mini-series (a tranquil, idyllic village of peaceful Africans invaded by mean white men from the New World who … Continue reading
Oliver Sacks
In Vanity Fair, Lawrence Weschler has a very well written piece on his lifelong friendship with Oliver Sacks (aka, the author of Awakenings, whom Robin Williams played in the film adaptation). Sacks is now suffering from terminal cancer and has … Continue reading
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Drowning in Altruism
Andrew Joyce has an excellent piece over at Occidental Observer, where — through the lens of the current migration crisis in the Mediterranean — he explores the white self-hatred and pathological altruism fueling the West’s demographic suicide. Of the standard … Continue reading
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Pew: Gun Rights Tops Gun Control in Major Public Opinion Shift
Sometimes, The Organizer overplays his hand. Regarding a recent Pew poll: Exactly two years after President Obama’s bid for gun control following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting died in Congress, a new poll has discovered a huge shift in … Continue reading
Pew: Teens, Social Media, and Technology
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