by Publius | Apr 28, 2021 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Carl Trueman | (Source) Karl Marx looked at the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century and declared that all that was solid seemed to be melting into air, but witnesses of the Cultural Revolution of the twenty-first century might be tempted to respond...
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 | Oct 28, 2020 | Critical Thinking, Politics and Goverment
By John Stossel | (Source) Recently, I released a video that called California’s fires “government fueled.” A few days later, Facebook inserted a warning on my video: “Missing Context. Independent fact-checkers say this information could mislead.” Some of my...