by Publius | Mar 3, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, History and Tradition
By Ben Sixsmith | (Source) Communism came to Hungary as the Iron Curtain lowered across Central and Eastern Europe. The communists lost the post-war elections but gained power with what they called “salami tactics”: dividing and conquering their democratic opponents....
by Publius | Feb 24, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, History and Tradition
By Philip Carl Salzman | (Source) Our current monomaniacal obsession with identity was midwifed by postmodern theory. In the past, students of society and culture emulated science in theory and methodology, striving to offer objective, disinterested, and impartial...
by Publius | Feb 17, 2021 | Grey Matter, History and Tradition, Politics and Goverment
By Christopher M. England | (Source) As the United States muddles through a global pandemic and the aftermath of a contested election, it is hard to avoid a sense that the country is now suffused by a spirit of grievance and revenge. Donald Trump’s call to “make...
by Publius | Feb 10, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Peter J. Leithart | (Source) Modernization involves multiple accelerations, says the German sociologist Hartmut Rosa in his 2010 book, Acceleration and Alienation. Advanced technology speeds up movement and communication, and the rate of technological change...
by Publius | Feb 3, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Politics and Goverment
By Philip Carl Salzman | (Source) I must apologize at the outset for offering to the reader what is by now a truism known to everybody who has had even short periods of sobriety during the last decade. Whatever imaginings the reader may have had during the twentieth...
