Protests notwithstanding, the social media industry itself seems mostly indifferent to the loss it has contributed to. A large part of this change in disposition was due to the business model upon which the industry was established. Profitability was driven […]
Archives for January 2025
Ideas in Progress interview: Agnes Howard on family history and the experiences of everyday life
Few topics seem as appropriate for discussing at the very beginning of a new year as family–the people who shape us and the people whom we shape in turn. And so, in this first Ideas in Progress interview of 2025, […]
A Time to Keep Silent
The social media environment inverts our deepest wisdom
J.L. Bell on “myths and misinformation” about 1775
Over at Boston 1775, Bell sets the record straight: Learn more about these seven points here.
Carlos Lozada: “Whenever someone agrees wholeheartedly with something I write, I die a little inside.”
“Knee-jerk agreement” makes The New York Times columnist “suspicious.” Here is a taste of Lozado’s column: I know opinion columnists are supposed to be in the persuasion business, and that makes agreement the coin of the realm. But instant, knee-jerk […]
New You? Or Old Books?
Here’s a resolution: Craft a personal canon
The Author’s Corner with Matthew Bernstein
Matthew Bernstein is Editor of the Wild West History Association Journal and teaches English at Harris Newmark High School and Los Angeles City College. This interview is based on his new book, Team of Giants: The Making of the Spanish-American War (University […]
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Commonplace Book #297
The family is a weak institution compared to the popular culture industry. Parents may have limited success, but the institutional power of the entertainment industry and of the internet more broadly ensure that any success is, at best, temporary… The […]