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The second Trump administration is in love with authoritarian aesthetics
President Donald Trump surely succeeded in his aim of riling up the libs when he posted a meme of himself as Lt. Col. Kilgore from Apocalypse Now dropping napalm on Chicago. "I love the smell of deportations in the…
‘National Conservatism’ Has Changed the Trajectory of the Right
The Trump administration has launched a counterrevolution in American culture and government. As much as the credit for this sudden and dramatic reversal belongs to the president, it is further being fueled by larger changes…
Richard Dawkins on science, atheism, and cultural Christianity
Few living thinkers have been as influential—or controversial—as Richard Dawkins. An evolutionary biologist by training, Dawkins rose to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which revolutionized the public…
‘National Conservatism’ Has Changed the Trajectory of the Right
The Trump administration has launched a counterrevolution in American culture and government. As much as the credit for this sudden and dramatic reversal belongs to the president, it is further being fueled by larger changes…
Therapy Class Contends Trump Is a Cult Leader
When Pamela Garfield-Jaeger learned that a therapist was offering a class characterizing supporters of President Donald Trump as members of a cult, she was compelled to learn more. Using a fake name, Garfield-Jaeger…
A New Kind of Man
The New York Times hails the dawn of a new kind of masculinity–or “masculinity”–that people are “obsessing over” on social media: Sure, that’s going to work! It sounds like a “performative male” is a slightly updated…
Alie Ward’s ‘Ologies’ podcast is about thinking differently
Come for the seaweed, stay for the Constitution. In Ologies, podcaster Alie Ward interviews experts in everything from volcanology to vexillology (that's the study of flags). The best episodes reach beyond a collection…
Burning down the house | Power Line
From KTLA, Man found dead at Nevada’s Burning Man festival. The gory details, A man was discovered dead Saturday night during Nevada’s Burning Man festival, as the event’s iconic “Man” structure began to burn, authorities…
Taylor Swift’s Engagement and How the Left Lost the Culture
The Left and the Right’s reactions to the events of this week provide a telling insight into why the Right has a hold on the culture, and the Left, decidedly, does not—from the tragic shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school…
Yankee go home
A worldwide backlash against tourism rages. From the BBC, ‘Gringos out!’: Mexicans protest against tourists and gentrification. It seems to be part of a trend. The BBC reports, Demonstrators gathered in Parque…
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