Category Archives: America

Who Determines The Winning Narrative? (6-16-24)

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Who determines the winning narrative? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15558303:00 Christian nationalism as niche construction, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15545905:00 LEADERSHIP LAB: The Craft of Writing Effectively, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM10:00 Electronic Intifada: How the Gaza genocide will lead to Israel’s collapse, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7qO9fGYZA41:20 Dooovid joins, https://x.com/RebDoooovid42:00 The stories we tell … Continue reading →

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The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing

Posted on June 15, 2024 by Luke Ford

Mark McGurl writes in this 2011 book: …the creative writing program produces… a literature aptly suited to a programmatic society. …Postwar American literature provides endless testimony, for starters, of the agonizing importance of the institution of the family in making … Continue reading →

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Decoding Masculinity (6-11-24)

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 What is masculine?14:00 Matter of Opinion: Trump and masculinity, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ2h3PX43iE32:00 Politico: Evangelicals Hate Stormy Daniels But Love Trump. Here’s Why., https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/07/stormy-daniels-donald-trump-evangelical-appeal-0015648848:00 Sociologist Samuel L. Perry on White Christian Nationalism1:23:00 Samuel L. Perry Lecture: “A House Dividing: Why White Christian … Continue reading →

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Decoding Joe Biden (6-5-24)

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 In which room and in which clothes do you watch this show?03:00 New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West,https://www.amazon.com/New-Cold-Wars-Invasion-Americas/dp/059344359413:00 Stephen Walt: Biden’s Foreign Policy Problem Is Incompetence, https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/04/biden-foreign-policy-gaza-ukraine-foreign-policy-incompetence/20:00 Shut Up Joe Biden, … Continue reading →

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Decoding Reactions to the Trump Conviction (6-3-24)

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Young men looking for a fight05:00 One moron destroys the public space08:00 Caitlin Clark getting pounded by the lesbian WNBA17:45 Why is the left more effective than the right?21:30 ‘War will break out’ | Alan Dershowitz reacts to Trump’s … Continue reading →

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