Culture in the Blender

logodaedaly pointed out to me what the culture wars are, and in my happiness over a new-found word I googled for it. I found something interesting: an article that argues that the divide is over modernity, not politics per se. This made much more sense to me than the culture wars as apparently usually thought [...]

The post-Cold War world is one of speed and change. It requires constant re-evaluation, assessment, and flexibility. No set of ideas, religious or not, will be a floating device. You actually have to learn how to swim. And the world is more complex now than it was, so understanding what is going on and even [...]

Dear Americans, The world is watching you. The world always has been watching you. They watched you far before 9/11, and they’re still watching. People watch what your President does, how he negotiates, how he smiles, what he has to say to them. They watch to see what you’re wearing, where you shop, how you [...]