The Election Concerning Technology
No one is obliged to take part in the spiritual crises of society; on the contrary, everyone is obliged to avoid the folly and live his life…
No one is obliged to take part in the spiritual crises of society; on the contrary, everyone is obliged to avoid the folly and live his life…
After the election, a student came into my office and asked me, “What is my major good for?”[1] The quote perfectly captured the post-election state of my…
With another presidential election when there was no mandate to do anything, one would be excused to be cynical and jaded about the state of our politics.…
As we are about to elect a new president, President Obama only has a few months left in office. What will his legacy be? Although it is…
Give to love your hearth and hall. But do not give advice at all. -Phyllis McGinley The American election is steadily drawing closer, and our new…
A consistent defense of the uncivil rhetoric at the heart of the Trump campaign is an appeal to being politically incorrect. The idea is that liberal politicians…
Both Tocqueville and Weber confronted the injection of mass suffrage into the liberal democratic polity with trepidation and caution but for different reasons: for Tocqueville, democracy produced…
We now have two presidential candidates each appealing to their bases with head-fakes to an ever-diminishing center. Donald Trump has tapped into the political, economic, and cultural…
Wisdom’s Workshop: The Rise of the Modern University. James Axtell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Despite their humble origins, U.S. universities dominate the global rankings of elite…
What explains Donald Trump’s appeal, especially among the white working class? The various theories that have been offered – being economically left behind in a globalized, knowledge-based…
The Politics of Resentment. Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker. Katherine J. Crammer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Why do the…
How it is that Donald Trump, who has proudly proclaimed he's a racist and sexist, is the Republican nominee for the presidency? His misogynist comments about Megyn…
The Conservative Rebellion. Richard Bishirjian. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2015. In The Conservative Rebellion, Richard Bishirjian warns that a “visionary politics” which extols a vision…
The current outburst of voter discontent, which has made the 2016 election campaign an equal source of fascination and dread, contains the elements of a revolution and…
The Lost Region. Toward a Revival of Midwestern History. Jon K. Lauck. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2013. The Midwest today receives less attention than…