politics
How did one of the least popular candidates in a primary gather the most votes in American history without campaigning? Democrats only win when they show up in large numbers and carry minority demographics. When People Are Selling You A Story, Watch Out Trump's been quite useful for
communism
Amongst communism's many, many problems is the one searing elephant in the giant empty room: why the proletariat never show up and come along. From Lenin, to Gramsci, to Mao, the same issue has dogged generations of activists; how to carry out the revolution if the incitement doesn&
screenwriting
Art has month purposes, but its sacred one is to reveal truth. Greek mythology and the Bible all speak in stories. Aristotle uses the same word as St Paul to describe a crucial thing which underpins everything that makes us human and drives art: Hamartia. In The Poetics, Hamartia is
christianity
Why would the most famous Christian apologist since C.S Lewis own spas, threaten suicide in an email to a married woman, have a secret corporate board, settle lawsuits with secrecy agreements, or use encrypted messaging apps? It's wrong to speak ill of the dead. It's
china
Despite obvious comparisons to Orwell's literary observations of Stalin's regime, it's impossible not to notice how the Chilling Effect from the recent social media mania in liberal Western democracies is so reminiscent of the Chinese Communist Party's social suppression techniques. The US
screenwriting
Tucked away in Leigh Michaels' (LeAnn Lemberger's) excellent writers' guide, "On Writing Romance" (2007), is a fascinating snippet about male/female relations which wouldn't be amiss in the self-help section of your local bookstore. The concept of us being two different "
academia
"We're trained Marxists", says Patrisse Khan-Cullors into a webcam recently. "We spent the year reading, anything from Marx, to Lenin, to Mao, learning all types of global critical theory and about different campaigns across the world", she responded two years ago, when asked "
history
The following letter was sent by a black history professor to 2 academic colleagues: Wilfred Reilley (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kentucky State University) and Thomas Sowell (Professor of Economics, Stanford University). It's re-printed here in its entirety. Just over one hundred years ago in "My Larger
marxism
If you're a Marxist, say you're a Marxist. Don't use the unjustified killing of a black man by abusive police officers as a cynical proxy for your attempts to succeed Comrade Lenin. Don't pretend you had any feelings for the man or
samsung
You've suffered. You've gone round in circles. You've re-read the same page multiple times. You've even drawn it out on a few whiteboards. You've read it again. You've tried to code around it. You've discussed it.
software
Websockets is a fantastic real-time technology which has struggled to catch on because of the significant knowledge gap between fast-moving frontend developers, and more traditional server-side programmers. To understand how to bridge the divide, there's a significant investment of time and energy required to ascend the learning curve.
hollywood
That Hollywood sees itself as a vehicle for social engineering is no secret. Whether it's the countless pro-America military extravaganzas (Top Gun, anyone?) or the mockery of it (Team America: World Police) or the ever-pervasive America Saves The World Again schema, the perception of Tinseltown as an engine