The Persistence of Modernism
by Peter J. LeithartModernism keeps surviving its demise. Continue Reading »
Modernism keeps surviving its demise. Continue Reading »
Postmodernism theorizes postmodernity. Continue Reading »
Never has the demand for self-construction been more insistent. Never have we been so thoroughly without the raw materials. Continue Reading »
Moral commitment is one of the casualties of a world where everything solid melts into air. Continue Reading »
On Powerline, Steve Hayward mentions Postmodern Conservative as a “Blog to Log”. The other blogs to log are interesting and worth looking at. Hey, Carl! Hayward notes Acculturated.com , too. . . . . Continue Reading »
Last night my husband asked me the question I only briefly touched on in my last post; how does the tech support contracted to our government have so much access to national security data that it could do what Edward Snowden did? This morning, John Hinderaker is asking the same question in . . . . Continue Reading »
I am not presenting much new about the election and the political scientists here have far more information than I do, by profession. However, observing the political scene and responding to the recent posts here, I feel compelled to weigh in. I believe Romney is winning the . . . . Continue Reading »
Anger, self-righteousness, impossible promises, blame: political conventions are for setting a tone. Here is the Democrats’ tone for the coming months going into the election. It was not to my taste. On top of the Republican convention, it felt like an enormous political . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Wall Street Journal, ” The Postmodern President “, wherein our president’s postmodernism is defined thus, “he’s running the first postmodern Presidential campaign, now organized almost exclusively around allegations about his opponent that bear no relation to . . . . Continue Reading »
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