There’s a popular meme about over-analysis in English class referring to the hypothetical text ‘the curtains were blue.’ The joke goes that the English teacher would pontificate about these colored ...
How the self-styled know-it-alls atop the knowledge economy want to dismantle the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake ...
ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM! OK, that was cheap, but I'm glad I got it out of the way. Now you know what I'm going to write about. I've been somewhat infamous since an editorial I wrote last year, ...
The phenomenal rise of Donald Trump has alarmed many observers over the revival of anti-intellectualism in American society. But America is not the only country that is being afflicted by ...
Anti-intellectualism is a movement based on attacking thought that is achieved through research or deep thought. This includes well-known groups such as the anti-evolution movement and the modern-day ...
The tragedy in Charleston last week will no doubt lead to more discussion of several important and recurring issues in American culture—particularly racism and gun violence—but these dialogues are ...
Fashion's It-girls are reading, writing, and posting it all online. We're seeing an uptick in literature, art, and dance in ...
The late Gore Vidal once confessed, with characteristic rapier wit, “I love stupidity. It excites me.” But the excitement and hilarity of human foibles and failures diminish rapidly when the ...