Showing posts with label anti-intellectualism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anti-intellectualism. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Americans aren't stupid. Anti-intellectualism has little to do with intelligence.

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The common strain that binds together the attitudes and ideas which I call anti-intellectual is a resentment and suspicion of the life of th...

From 2009: "Hot Hofstadter, cold Cappuccino," or a treatise on Nawbanian anti-intellectualism.

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This was one of my guest columns for the pre-merger Tribune , appearing there on December 12, 2009.  Many of the columns didn't appear...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

On being an exile in one's own community (thanks, Jan Morris).

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Not Mussolini. It has been only a few months since I wrote about Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere , "a meditation on the crossroa...
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Friday, December 13, 2019

"American conservatives who find themselves identifying with Putin’s regime refuse to see the country for what it actually is."

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Here's the pitch. The belief that Russia is on our side in the war against secularism and sexual decadence is shared by a host of Ame...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

ASK THE BORED: Horse posteriors. Anti-intellectualism and indie business shaming on July 18. It's just as Jeff Gahan trains his blundering gatekeepers to be.

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Your indulgence, please. The city's mode of presenting relevant documents can make it challenging at times, but we persevere. There c...
Friday, July 21, 2017

"Right Thing Done Rightly" as Team Gahan corrects Warren's social research faux pas, then enjoys an ice cold bucket of Lima-A-Ritas over at the roadhouse.

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“Quiet! I must say you people are a nuisance. If this is retirement, I’d rather be back at that Levy Pants.” Miss Trixie raked at them...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Warren's sad Board of Works social research meltdown: "Jeff Gahan’s appointees could use a refresher course in due process. After all, it is a tenet of representative government and basic justice."

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Play some Skynyrd, won't ya? Another day, another fresh angle on another Gahan administration scandal. Heavens, these guys are ma...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Warren's bored, hysterical and useless -- or, "Oops – NA BoW Messes Up."

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Meretricious ? Why yes, Shane, but ... more like incredulity. incredulity [in-kri-doo-li-tee, -dyoo-] noun 1. the quality or s...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Democratic Party stalwart Warren Nash: Heck, this board hasn't ever approved social research study requests. Besides, we already have a captive sociologist.

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On the other hand, the reporter Morris did a wonderful public service today with this concluding portion of his Board of Public Works and ...
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Anti-intellectualism AND self-centeredness ... or, the thoroughly depressing week that was, Part 3.

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Is there any compelling reason why they both can't be killing America, simultaneously? Anti-intellectualism Is Killing America: Socia...
Monday, February 03, 2014

Everlasting municipal dysfunction, bowel movements and political cowardice.

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On Sunday, I did not rest. I ranted. It didn't make me feel better. It made me feel worse. Ranting on John Rosenbarger's funda...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Today's Tribune column: "Hot Hofstadter, cold Cappuccino."

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Code enforcement alert: Today's column knowingly and indiscriminately violates the city of New Albany's ban on words of four syllabl...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

The Economist: "Republicanism’s anti-intellectual turn is devastating for its future."

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Sunday mornings are a fine time to catch up on the previous week's reading, such as this insightful column that will not be read aloud o...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Kathleen Parker on Chris Buckley, National Review: "(Republicans) do not ... deserve to win this time, and someone had to remind them why."

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NAC has been following this story since Christopher Buckley's on-line Obama endorsement first broke. William F. Buckley was articulate ...
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