Daily Archives: August 31, 2024

On Public Intellectualism in the Twenty-First Century

Michael Zuckert writes in the 2016 book Public Intellectuals in the Global Arena: Professors or Pundits? * the lure of public fame, power, and even wealth made available through the mass public audience leads to suspicions about the motives of … Continue reading

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What Does Kamala’s Freedom Agenda Mean?

“Democrats have now rebranded as the party of freedom,” Reason magazine Editor Matt Welch noted in a recent video. Is this freedom agenda more substantial than the joy agenda? Linguist John McWhorter wrote in the New York Times Aug. 29: … Continue reading

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