“The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled […]
Democracy & Elitism 2: performance elitism vs privilege elitism, and why the difference matters
Part 2 in a series. “Elite” hasn’t always been an epithet. In fact, if we consider what the dictionary has to say about it, it still signifies something potentially worthy. Potentially. For […]
What if — Obama logic applied to presidencies past
Now don’t get me wrong, I like Obama and think his best days are still to come. But his administration has so far been a strange collection of backtracks, waverings, retreats, retreads, […]
Sputnik I at 50 years – oh, how the mighty have fallen
You can see it today at Google’s main page, at NASA’s home page and at in their history pages too, and on the front pages of any number of newspapers around the […]
Progressive Culture | Scholars & Rogues 