Civilization in the United States
In the 1920s, a cultural fault line opened up that never closed
H.L. Mencken, The Scopes Monkey Trial and the Culture War
In 1925, the Scopes Monkey Trial pitted Victorians against Modernists
The New Era
Modern couples go on dates
Late Victorian Women’s Fashion
In the 1900s and 1910s, young women dressed in the Victorian style
The New Woman and 1920s Fashion
In the 1920s, young women adopted the Modern style
2020 VP Debate
Mike Pence debates Kamala Harris
Poll: Majority of Americans Fear Post-Election Civil War
“The country’s lost its mind.”
The GOP and Cultural Change
In the 1920 election, Warren Harding promised to Make America Normal Again
The Hays Code
Hollywood studios policed their own content for several decades
Trump (Temporarily) Halts COVID Relief Stimulus Negotiations
No second stimulus check until after the 2020 election
The Thirties
The Great Depression ended the revelry of the 1920s
America Is Having a Moral Convulsion
Modern America is in its death throes
The Rise of Hollywood
Jews, Hollywood and the creation of mass culture
Victorian Racial Attitudes
Victorian racial attitudes prevailed well into the 20th century
Franz Boas, Antiracism and the Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation financed Boasian anthropology
Politico: Americans Increasingly Believe Violence Is Justified If The Other Side Wins
Partisan support for political violence has soared since 2017
The Sun Also Rises
One generation passes away and another generation cometh
Antiracism, Social Science and the Revolt Against Victorian America
Antiracism triumphed in the social sciences in the 1920s
Victorian America
What was Victorian America?
The Second Klan and Modernism
100,000 Klansmen gathered in Kokomo, IN in 1923
Donald Trump Has COVID-19
The first October Surprise has arrived
Donald Trump Condemns The KKK, White Supremacy and the Proud Boys
The Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter condemn white supremacy
Styx vs. Spencer
Should we vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden?
Towards a Definition of American Modernism
Modernism deserves to be treated as a full-fledged historical culture
From Babbitt To Bateman: The Bohemian Origins of Consumer Capitalism
The pursuit of aesthetic self expression through alternative lifestyles encouraged a consumption ethic
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