Ibn Khaldun’s Muqqadimah talks about the pattern of decay over generations: the first creating value, the second enjoying it, the third destroying it. Should be required reading for all undergrads...

I worry when I see groups of young men like this. That kind of enclave is good for perpetuating cultural traditions, sure, but can also foster extremism when ideology isolates and amplifies itself in an echo chamber. (Setting aside the fact that some of those traditions are in and of themselves deplorable.)

Excuse me: How do they know he made it to the ocean?

No worries, really. I think we’re coming from the same place.

<<Reasons are not excuses.>>

There are plenty of reasons though, eh? And if you don’t keep them in mind, you’ll have a harder time bringing her around. Amazingly, hate and hostility don’t do much to dissolve hate and eradicate ignorance. On the other hand, making known the expectations we have of each other, given our understanding of the…

Why not both? She can take responsibility for being insufficiently uncritical of the views she inherited.

I think it important to keep in mind that this person didn’t invent religiously-motivated bigotry; she inherited it. She’s a victim of the same system of ugly ideas and self-perpetuating belief systems, even if she is helping to propagate that bigotry.

You’re right. The register of “groceries” is fantastic — vernacular, spontaneous, juicy. Love that sibilance.

New journalism, literary journalism, creative nonfiction — I’d expect you’d find different nomenclature in use even among different English departments. The jargon of lit is much more various than that of some other fields. Perhaps unsurprising, given that these are wordies?

Re: “literary journalism.” In fact, it’s a term that refers to a specific genre, not a focus area. Specifically, it refers to the kind of story-driven, lengthy, stylish commercial writing that is sometimes also called “magazine journalism” or “creative nonfiction.”

Not really, though? It’s a genre distinction.

So maybe he doesn't need to be a candidate. Are there not other ways for him to advance the progressive agenda, beyond sitting as President?

Brilliant. And she can nominate BHO for the SCOTUS.

She could run...

Stylishish.

<< The only reason I asked for research is because you refused to support your statement, or at least the statement it logically seemed you were making with your words.>>

<<Ok, so you’re not interested in actually understanding or finding facts, just spewing feels.>>

<<And yet, you didn’t do the one thing I asked, provide numbers that actually prove your point.>>

<<I have a really hard time understanding how if most drivers were in the red at the end of the year, that they would continue to be part of an at will employment system that offered no direct benefits.>>