From Babbitt To Bateman: The Bohemian Origins of Consumer Capitalism
The pursuit of aesthetic self expression through alternative lifestyles encouraged a consumption ethic
Month: September 2020
The Greenwich Village Idea
Malcolm Cowley describes the Modernist culture of Greenwich Village
First 2020 Presidential Debate
Donald Trump debates Joe Biden
George Babbitt, Main Street and the Origins of the Culture War
The culture war between Moderns and Victorians began in the 1920s
The Triumph of Antiracism
In the late 1930s, racism was officially condemned by the American Anthropological Association
Koch Network, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Rally Behind Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation
What exactly are “conservative” judges?
Christopher Cantwell Found Guilty
Cantwell faces 22 years in prison
The Young Intellectuals and Nietzsche
H.L. Mencken, Emma Goldman and the Young Intellectuals Americanized Nietzsche’s philosophy
The Lost Generation and Modernism
In the 1920s, the artists, poets and novelists of the Lost Generation partied in France
President Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett To The Supreme Court
Will even a 6-3 conservative majority of the Supreme Court change anything?
Randolph Bourne, Modernism and The New Woman
The New Woman has become the ordinary woman
Hidden Hands: The CIA, Modernism and the Cold War
Modernism was used as a weapon to fight the Nazis and Soviets
The Platinum Plan
An offer you can’t refuse!
Donald Trump’s “Platinum Plan” For Black America
The “Platinum Plan” is only available to groups which DO NOT vote for the GOP
This Side of Paradise
Modern America began in the 1920s
Most Americans Now Oppose “Racial Justice” Protests
White and Hispanic support plunges
Two Police Officers Shot In Louisville In “Mostly Peaceful” Breonna Taylor Riots
401 years of systematic racism and oppression is blamed as the cause
The Modernism Debate
Hunter Wallace, Richard Spencer and Keith Woods discuss Modernism
The Revolt Against The Masses
Fred Siegel explains the origins of the modern Left
Louisville “Mostly Peaceful” Riot Watch
One police officer charged with wanton endangerment
The Cosmopolitan Ideal
By 1950, the American intelligentsia was half Jewish
The Retreat of Racial Science
Racial science fell out of favor in the 1920s
Senate Republicans Have The Votes To Confirm Ginsburg’s Replacement
Mitch McConnell has 50 votes to confirm Trump’s nominee
Moderns vs. Victorians
In the 1920s, the New Woman was taught how to smoke “Torches of Freedom”
Trump Fizzles With White Voters
Trump’s White base has declined across the board
The Lost Generation, Jazz and Deracination
The Jazz Question and the deracination of White America
Review: The Intellectuals and the Masses
A book review of John Carey’s The Intellectuals & The Masses: Pride & Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1880-1939
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died
Notorious RBG’s death is set to throw the Senate into chaos
T.S. Eliot: Anti-Modern Modernist
T.S. Eliot was an eccentric Modernist who rejected his own time
The Rise of Modernism
Can a civilization based on Modernism endure?
Inventing Tomorrow: H.G. Wells, Modernism and the Future
H.G. Wells imagined the Modernist utopia
200,000 Americans Have Died From COVID-19
Chinese virologist claims COVID-19 was created in a Chinese lab