TikTok Extends the Wasteland
Jeff Hewitt
Television is a paradigm that frames all visual communication as entertainment.
Television is a paradigm that frames all visual communication as entertainment.
When all the bad things America did are true, but none of the good things, something is amiss.
Where do the Hasidim fit in the American picture of religious liberty?
As a child, I thought that to be American was to believe in individuality, to support pluralism and equality, and to celebrate common holidays and eat common foods.
No longer fed by universal hope, Progress is instead driven by fear.
Were it not for this creative, constructive impulse, the fire next time would have burned this country down many times over.
The democratic story added the following to the idea of civic order: Through pledges and promises—a social contract or covenant—persons throw in their fortunes with one another. They seek not a perfect world, but a better one. And authority is necessary to its realization.