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Podcast Alert!
It is with great pleasure that I announce the inaugural episode of our podcast, Lander’s Forge: The Upper Room. If you want to hear the boys talk all about automated strike zones or “friendsgiving,” (it’s more interesting than it sounds), click below or look us up on your preferred streaming platform. Stay tuned for more … Continue reading Podcast Alert!
Deep Unraveling: Waiting for a Crisis
I suppose this train of thought begins with “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” which is a play I’ve actually never seen (but want to, obviously). It was the name of that play that made me eagerly pick up a book I saw on a student’s bookshelf: The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy by William Strauss … Continue reading Deep Unraveling: Waiting for a Crisis
The Vicious Fantasy of Amazon’s “The Boys”
This past summer, I attempted to watch a show now streaming on Amazon’s video streaming service, Prime Video, called The Boys. Many of the journalists I follow online dubbed it a “subversive” and “brilliant” take on the superhero genre. Since I am of a melancholic and cynical disposition, such a show seemed suited to me. … Continue reading The Vicious Fantasy of Amazon’s “The Boys”
A Subtle Regime: Tocqueville on the Tyranny of the Majority.
“Thought is an invisible and almost intangible power that makes sport of all tyrannies” [1]. Thus, Tocqueville, in Democracy in America, describes the Achilles heel of the traditional tyrant. No matter the physical constraints or social constructions that a tyrant might try to impose on his citizens, he cannot fully suppress thoughts hostile to the … Continue reading A Subtle Regime: Tocqueville on the Tyranny of the Majority.
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