The drum is always there. In life and death. In between is dance. Always the drum is everywhere. — Peniel Guerrier, Interview with Yvonne Daniel, BOMB, January 1, 2005 I don’t think this world was made for a small minority to dance on the faces of everyone else. — H.G. Wells, In the Days of […]
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There’s a tremendous power in this place, in this land, and I think that power really changes people’s lives. — Frank Boyden, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. A large number of the most creative, skilled, and savvy people in the country are out of jobs simultaneously. How can we harness that resource and develop […]
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We need a robust discussion about Romanticism as has been properly introduced, though not for the first time in these pages. Some very important observations have been made with the proposal that Romanticism is something we “need to talk about”.
Satire on Romantic Suicide (1839) by Leonardo Alenza y Nieto (1807–1845)
Introduction
Prof. Stephen Hicks is a philosopher who is well known for his expertise in demystifying postmodernist ideology. His insights into postmodernism and political correctness have extra significance today as we see university progressive activism spilling out into the streets. Can western society proceed forward based on post-Enlightenment principles of reason and critical thinking, or will it digress backward into degeneracy?
A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.
— Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) The Prince, 1513
The Age of Enlightenment had a pretty good run from the 17th to 19th centuries. It led to the Industrial Age and, in concurrence, the Space and Information Ages. These historical epochs advanced humanity to crowning breakthroughs in science, medicine, information exchange, and quality of life. Today, all of humankind’s advancements are being threatened by those who would have society return to an age marked by superstition, belief in magic and miracles, ignorance, racial and religious intolerance, and abject sexism.
Our good buddy Eric Jones of Picking Bones is starting his podcast and has asked me on as a first guest. Eric has been doing a killer job with critiquing pop culture, analyzing history and dissecting the subtle undercurrents in areas many overlook, like the background to the skateboarding world. We will be chatting about all things bizarre and historic. Premiers at 6PM on my Channel tonight.
