Category: Culture (Page 12 of 21)

RCP: Corporate media just admitted that Biden is too feeble.

RCP: Biden’s Debate

The exchange came within the first 15 minutes, and suddenly, fears about Biden’s age and acuity, concerns that were once only whispered among Democrats, were being discussed openly on the left. Before the night was over observers ranging from Andrew Yang, who competed with him for the Democratic Party nomination in 2020, to Van Jones, a CNN contributor who previously worked in the Obama administration, said it was time for Democrats to look for another nominee.

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People are weird about tipping.

Bankrate: Survey on tipping says that tipping culture is out of control.

This survey on tipping is interesting because nobody knows what they are supposed to do.  Tipping etiquette used to be an element of American culture, but “tipping culture” wasn’t a thing.  With social media, someone says the rules have changed, it goes viral, and becomes part of tipping culture. 

Everything you need to know is on this graph.

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NYT: UFC loves Trump.

NYT: Trump at UFC

NYT: Trump at UFC

Sixteen thousand people erupted into rapture when Donald J. Trump walked into the Prudential Center in Newark at 10 p.m. Saturday to attend an Ultimate Fighting Championship match.

UFC doesn’t appeal to me, and this article about Trump attending isn’t illuminating, but it did get me thinking about other presidents and candidates. 

Where would Joe Biden go to revel in the embrace of his most avid fan base?

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Scientific American is discredited.

City Journal: Unscientific American

My fourth year teaching at Normandy, I was the department chair.  My department was concerned that students didn’t know the scientific method.  I taught all Physics and Honors Physics, so figured my kids certainly knew how science worked.  Sure, they could list some steps, but they couldn’t really think scientifically.

Around the same time, John Stossel, at ABC News, had done a special on pseudoscience, called, The Power of Belief.   It seems a little quaint now, but it was an engaging look at unscientific beliefs that were popular in the culture.   Magic crystals, past lives, faith healing, past lives, that sort of thing.

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