In reading up on the civil war in Syria, I learned that the recently overthrown President Bashar al-Assad and the members of his ruling faction are Alawites. Digging deeper, I found that Alawism is a strange mash-up of Islam and Christianity.
In reading up on the civil war in Syria, I learned that the recently overthrown President Bashar al-Assad and the members of his ruling faction are Alawites. Digging deeper, I found that Alawism is a strange mash-up of Islam and Christianity.
Donald Trump's political victory seems to be accompanied by a larger "vibe shift" in American culture. The shift is away from the woke progressivism that for decades has reigned supreme with the cultural elite. Politico has published an article entitled "How Donald Trump Transformed Mass Culture", a round table discussion on Trump's impact on popular culture--the realm of entertainment, fashion, business, and non-elite society.
In today's culture, doing things with other people has become rarer and rarer. People are spending more and more time home alone, by choice. Americans are increasingly anti-social, to the point that it's becoming harder and harder to have a sense of society.
The Great Los Angeles Fire. Why UK officials ignore the groomer gangs. And almost no world leaders are popular.
I am astonished at the relatively mild reactions among progressives to Donald Trump's re-election and the way so many of them are blaming themselves and their woke ideology for their defeat. I've blogged about the sudden vibe shift away from identity politics on the left. This may not last, but here is another bit of evidence that the left is changing its tune.
The National Football League playoffs start tomorrow! What do you think will happen? What do you hope will happen? Who will make the Superbowl? Will Taylor Swift have her way yet again? Your analysis along with anything else you'd like to say on the subject is welcome.
Yesterday we discussed the prospects of reform in higher education, concluding that founding a new college on better principles may be easier and quicker than reforming an existing college. Today, new colleges are coming into existence, including one where I am going to teach part-time.
Woke ideology emanates from America's universities, which turn out the political activists, corporate executives, and culture makers that have spread that virus far and near. Today, though, the academic establishment is in a bad way. The good news is that universities are starting to recognize that there is a problem.
Epiphany yesterday commemorated the wise men from the East who journeyed a long way to find Jesus. Today other wise men and wise women are also, after a long journey, finding Jesus. The "Free Press" has an article on the phenomenon, "How Intellectuals Found God."
Jimmy Carter's genuine accomplishments; independence for Greenland; and indulgences for the Jubilee Year.
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