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• Civilizational Crisis: The World According to Brooks (& Robinson)

  

  I like columnist David Brooks for being a “Big Picture” kind of guy – giving the view from Olympus.His 9/3 column finds commonality in the two big conflicts... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Net Neutrality, and Regulation by the Unicorn State

  

  “Net Neutrality” is a hot issue. It refers to equal service quality for all web-based traffic, against a fear that Internet providers (like Verizon) will allow... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nude Celebrity Photos

  Big breaking news! Hacked nude photos of celebrities on the Internet! Holy Cow!Like, this is the very first time we’ve ever seen pictures of these actresses... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Passion of the Western Mind

  

  This book by Richard Tarnas is a history of Western thought. Now, yes, Eastern thought is also worthy of respect. But the Western intellectual tradition is the... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ferguson

  

  As a blogger, I’m required to comment on Ferguson.I’ve read that 65% of blacks polled believe the police overreacted to the protests. This shocked me. I thought... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• TSA Follies and The Death of Common Sense

  

  I hear the TSA is seeking public suggestions.Recently at airport “Security” we almost missed a flight because TSA thought a boarding pass didn’t look quite... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Paul Auster: The New York Trilogy

  

  For a long time I was vaguely aware of writer Paul Auster. His name would come up here and there. I’d never read his stuff; nor anything, really, about it. Yet ... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• James Foley’s Head Was Not Chopped Off

  

  American journalist James Foley was beheaded by the “Islamic State.” You might picture his head on a block, neatly chopped off with an axe. It wasn’t. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama, Hillary, and “Don’t Do Stupid Stuff”

  

  Bill Clinton had “It’s the economy, stupid.” For President Obama, it’s “Don’t do stupid stuff” (sanitized version) in foreign affairs. Now comes Hillary saying... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sarah’s Story — Abraham and Isaac Revisited

  

  NPR’s “Selected Shorts” features actors reading short stories. Today’s, “Sarah’s Story,” by Galina Vroman, read by the terrific Jane Curtin (here’s a link),... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Let Women Go Topless in Public?

  

  I recently wrote (disparagingly) about Muslim craziness with covering up women. Shortly after, I heard a radio discussion about public breast-feeding and, more... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Inquiring Minds Want To Know

  

  Last year, when President Obama was mulling limited air strikes to punish Syria’s chemical weapons use, he stopped and decided it would need a Congressional... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Injustice To Muslim-Americans

  

  The other day I did something I hadn’t done in over 20 years: marched in a demonstration. The previous time was a protest against the acquittal of officers who... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Her” — A Love Story

  

  The plot: boy meets girl. They fall in love. Boy loses girl.Theodore works for an agency writing gooey personal letters for clients. Samantha is a computer... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Muddle East

  

  Columnist David Brooks recently opined (quoting Richard Haass) that the Middle East may be entering its Thirty Years War. The reference is to the cataclysm... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Hillary Can Be Beaten

  

  Not in recent memory has one presidential prospect, so far in advance, been so pre-emptive a front-runner. To be exact, not since Hoover in 1928. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The World Until Yesterday – What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?

  

  Jared Diamond authored Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, tackling big questions of the human story. His latest is The World Until Yesterday: What Can We... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Peter Watson: The Age of Atheists: How We Live Without God

  

  The other day I presented a review, at the Albany Public Library, of Peter Watson’s book, The Age Of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ukraine Plane Shame

  

  The world knows perfectly well who did it. All talk of investigation and forensic evidence just muddles moral clarity. This isn’t a criminal trial requiring... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The New Gaza War: What Is The Point?

  

  I am no pacifist. Some say war never solves anything; I say it sometimes does; and there are things worth fighting for. But about this latest round of... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2014 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY