The “change of heart” explanation for Dr. Ben Carson’s “redemption”
This blog addresses the most effective theme in American popular culture: religiously based sentimentality. It tries to explain how The Kelly File (hosted by Sandra Smith November 6, 2015), attempted...
View Article“The Slap” and pop culture during Easter Week
The explosion of popular culture as a business in the early 20th century brought forth a specialized type of reporter and pseudo-critic. They didn’t have to know much about history, psychology,...
View ArticleThe Magical power of “Negroes” and other Beautiful People
Viola Davis as magical One Facebook friend reports polls concluding that Romney voters focused on the economy, while Obama voters responded to his “caring” persona. This is valuable intel, for it...
View ArticleThe Classics as antidote to science education?
Max Beckmann, Odysseus and Calypso, 1943 In the late 1930s, two books were published that traced the trajectory of European civilization, and found that The Greek Way (as classicist Edith Hamilton...
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