by Publius | Jul 14, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By Grace Daniel | (Source) By now there are enough “cancel culture” stories to fill volumes. After my own story about standing up to a woke mob—and succeeding—went viral on Twitter, I decided to speak out, because I am convinced that Americans need more encouraging...
by Publius | Jul 7, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Micah Meadowcroft | (Source) I don’t think it will come as too much of a surprise to anyone if I say that in high school I was a dedicated fan of the band Mumford & Sons. Americana instrumental flourishes (banjo rock solos) paired with a decidedly Anglo...
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 | Jan 27, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, History and Tradition
By Victor Davis Hanson | (Source) Amid the current hysteria of toppling statues and renaming things, we keep mindlessly expanding the cancel culture. We are now seeing efforts to ban classics of Western and American literature. These hallowed texts are suddenly...
