Cool has come a long way, literally. In a 1973 essay called “An Aesthetic of the Cool,” art historian Robert Farris Thompson traced the concept to the West African Yoruba idea of itutu—a quality of character denoting composure in the face of danger, as well as playfulness, humor, generosity, and conciliation. It was carried to …
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It should come as no surprise that Victor Davis Hanson’s generational advice has met with mixed results. But when you are more interested in a kind of bigoted nationalism than your actual safety, this is what happens. It’s the Racism, Stupid – The Atlantic Victor Davis Hanson, writing for the National Review, “countered” President Obama’s …
And in 45 years of me being on this earth, that was the very first time that I ever heard my father where he was pleading and begging for his life, someone who I looked at as being extremely strong, to hear him beg for his life, to say that this was his sworn testimony …
Imagine you’re Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old black kid walking home from the store, and some stranger follows you down the street in his car. He’s not a cop, and he’s harassing you. How do you react? What happens when you indicate you will defend yourself & he kills you? Does anyone arrest him? …
CLARITY AND CHAOS 