Predictably, much of the post-debate analysis is obsessively preoccupied with finding the all-important gaffe, that rhetorical slip that , however innocuous, disqualifies one decisively for public office. Many have commented on the element of schadenfreude in the gaffe watch, the excited . . . . Continue Reading »
On the main page today there is a symposium on what might benefit/damage Sarah Palin most in tonight’s debate. But what if she fails to take our advice? Well, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, there are ways of making her talk (the way we’d prefer) in the virtual world, . . . . Continue Reading »
One name that should show up on any reading list for postmodern conservatism is James C. Scott, the Yale anthropologist who argues that weak and powerless classes don’t get brainwashed by powerful elites but rather learn how to manifest rebellion against the elites in subtle ways. Being . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Carter provides a gentlemanly defense of Sarah Palin’s credentials right here at Culture11. He’s right to point out that her performance on one television show, especially one that has deep reserves of ideological contempt for her and anyone like her, is less than . . . . Continue Reading »
He’s sponsoring this bill entreating President Bush to pardon heavyweight champ Jack Johnson, nearly a century after Johnson’s racially-motivated conviction under the Mann Act and sixty-two years after his death. A similar bill passed by voice vote in the House on Friday. A five-minute . . . . Continue Reading »
Commenter Paulie wants to know. Well, there’s no denying that postmodern theory is intimately intertangled with the "hermeneutic of suspicion." Ricoeur helped us level against Habermasian liberal thinkers the complaint that ideologies could become so clever that what appeared to be . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Pulpit Freedom Sunday! I’ll be celebrating by going to Mass and then getting waffles, but if I were Protestant and living outside of New York I might be celebrating it by listening to a sermon about the ‘08 elections. The Alliance Defense Fund is sponsoring today’s event, in . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, not exactly, but if pretending to be part of a group is really the only way to express solidarity with anyone anymore, I guess I’ll roll with it. For those incurious souls who didn’t find it necessary to follow the CNN headline Blind Masseurs Jump from Bridge , the facts are . . . . Continue Reading »
The always provocative Charles Krauthammer recommends that we soften the blow of the unavoidable economic pain any responsible legislation will permit with a series of exemplary public hangings—-essentially a grand moment of collective catharsis. We’ll be able to take ownership for our . . . . Continue Reading »
The legendary Dr. Pat Deneen’s contribution to Culture11 today is about how the honorable McCain should encourage ordinary Americans to take personal responsibility for the financial crisis. They should start living more frugally, with genuine self-restraint, and more ecologically in . . . . Continue Reading »
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