We are witnessing the political and cultural transformation of the global public square through internet information technology and digital social media. The public square, once formerly centered around localized, material
Tag: Donald Trump
“Fake News” And Political Polarization In America (Christopher Layton)
Fake news has flourished in the current politically polarized climate that has persisted over the past thirty years. In the year leading up to the United States 2016 presidential election
Migration And “Waning Sovereignty” – Humanitarian Challenge Or Crisis Of The Political? (Carl Raschke)
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, albeit not by a popular majority of votes, largely on his promise to “build the wall” that would stem the tide
Meditations On Aesthetics In The Wake Of The 2019 State Of The Union Address (Roger K. Green)
It is easy to debate the usefulness of commenting on the 2019 State of the Union Address. In a media sphere mostly concerned with who said what in a fleeting
Anti-Semitism Old And New – The Pittsburgh Massacre In Today’s “Imperial” Context (Carl Raschke)
The mass murder of 11 Orthodox Jews at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh by a crazed gunman shouting “all Jews must die” was not only one more
On Enduring Borders And The Erasure Of Indigeneity, Part 3 (Roger Green)
The following is the third and final installment of Roger Green’s ongoing article. The first installment can be found here. The second can be found here. I have been posting regarding the
In Defense Of Politics (Jonathan Cole)
In an age in which the degeneration of politicians, political institutions, and political culture—let’s call it “politics”—is fast becoming something of an unquestioned article of faith, a defense of such