The Case for Classical Music

by Mark Bauerlein

Daniel Asia joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Observations on Music, Culture, and Politics. Continue Reading »

25 Oct 2021 0

The Rise of the Anti-Culture

by Carl R. Trueman

The Culture War is over. Culture is dead, the coup de grace inflicted by an Unholy Trinity. Now begins the Age of the Anti-Culture. Continue Reading »

4 May 2016 0

The Parenting Problems of Age Segregation

by Mark Bauerlein

It has been more than a half-century since James Coleman and his team surveyed students in ten high schools to determine their values and interests and attitudes toward learning. The conclusion was that a new social formation was upon us: the adolescent society. That was the title of the book . . . . Continue Reading »

29 Oct 2015 0

Evangelicals, Pop Culture, and Mass Culture

by Dale M. Coulter

The issue of populism in the Evangelical ethos raises a concern for the need to differentiate between pop culture as folk culture and pop culture as mass culture. At its best, Evangelicalism seeks to preserve and foster folk culture and the critics of Evangelical piety need to recognize this . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Feb 2014 0

The Conservative Pop Culture Gap

by Carl Scott

Over at Powerline, an interesting post and a more interesting thread on whether conservatives can close the “Pop Culture Gap.” One guy even laments that the Republicans blew by not taking the book South Park Conservatives to heart! So, apparently the day of vindication of Paul Cantor , . . . . Continue Reading »

22 Mar 2013 0

Carl’s Rock Songbook #77: Is Conor Friedersdorf Right That We Need More Conservative Rap Critics?

by Carl Scott

Well, he thinks so . And far more importantly, in my sincere judgment, Mark Judge does too . Judge writes for Acculturated, the conservative website that seeks to explain Why Pop Culture Matters. So this post is a continuation of some observations about rap , but also, about the paradoxes of . . . . Continue Reading »

23 Feb 2013 0

Carl’s Rock Songbook #76: Rap and the Summer of ‘89

by Carl Scott

A slight change of plans here—I had wanted to talk about this recent Conor Friedersdorf piece about the lack of conservative rap critics as part of a three-part essay called “Paradoxes of Conservative Pop-Culture Studies,” but I realized that to really to do that, I would have to . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Feb 2013 0

James Poulos on Conservatives and Pop Culture

by Carl Scott

Sane remarks on the subject, over at Acculturated, from Mr. Postmodern Conservative. And you also learn that he reputedly plays guitar in a band called Black Hi-Lighter! We’ll believe it when a link is provided . . . My own fantasy band is called The Cicadas. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2012 0