Culture, High & Low 728

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While there is much work to be done and there are no guarantees of success, we don’t have to look far for the foundations upon which to build. They are…

Ross Douthat suggests that the culture wars have moved to a different battlefield. I dissent.

My review of Les Bodnar's Carnie is in today's Wall Street Journal.

What is this thing we call “socialization” and why is there a perception that this is best achieved in the classroom and thwarted by homeschooling?

Thanksgiving, which may initially seem like a practice that is all too foreign to our second nature, can become an activity that realizes our more original human nature-i.e., the nature…

At what price security? A call for national fortitude.

What if every day was given to rest, eating, and relaxation?

The future belongs to nincompoops, courtesy of Facebook, Twitter and the Interwebs.

In which "culture" is distinguished from our contemporary "anti-culture."

The idea that the best way to reform government is to simply say "No!" is probably a bad idea...but for the TSA, I'll make an exception.

Modern science has given us modern miracles, like iPhones and atom bombs and Chrysler cars, but has not given us the wisdom to use them.

Where else can one find such a wide ranging, wise, witty, and downright winsome collection of thinkers and writers in one tactile, fold-over-double, take-to-the-porcelain-throne, nap-with-on-the-couch, 100-percent-carpal-tunnel-free place?

William Gilmore Simms’ claims about the decay of morals and the arts that results from the rise of scientism and decline of supernaturalism can be elaborated by reflecting on the…

Peace is a Jinn. It is that thing we are always in search of, but never enough to forget our accumulated envious resentments of those who are not like us.

Does food have a context of time and place?, or, How to make your own sausage.

Does the risk-free security of a screen hamper the development of real friendships?

Some ruling classes in history, more than others, deserve pitchforks.

In today’s Los Angeles Times, Neil Gabler has an insightful piece on the way in which the “gang of friends” has become the dominant social group on American television.

Free speech is a good thing. Respecting the value of the whole community is a better one.

Claremont, CA. ABC’s hit series “Modern Family” has returned to the air for its second season. It’s the “modern” elements of the “Modern Family” that you’re supposed to notice right…

Shades of things to come?

The answer is hardly obvious.

Ah, you know what? Screw it. Give me the hairshirts wherever they are.