Shortly after being sworn in as US president on Monday, Trump said he would make it "official policy" that there are "only two genders - male and female". He also announced this week that US government diversity staff were being put on paid leave, starti
Culture wars, libraries and the BBCKnowledgeMisinformationCulture warFake newsFacts matterPopulismPurpose Public libraries and public service broadcasters are threatened by political developments in the UK and USA. They are targets in a divisive culture war waged by ideological organisations that disseminate...
The Marines have fought in all our wars and by their conduct have lived up to this description of the Corps: “No better friend, no worse enemy.” Read the rest of this entry » 2 Comments | Uncategorized | Tagged: Chosin, John Adams, Servant of God Vincent Capodanno, United States ...
Posted onMay 6, 2015Culture Wars On the UK Elections 30 Comments on On the UK Elections The general election in the UK will be held on Thursday May 7. As usual, the two main parties will be slugging it out: the… Read More Posted onDec 2, 2014Children and Young People The Gr...
the UK, you may find yourself learning new ways of doing all sorts of things, such as: 13 appropriately for different types of occasion, behaving politely in a range of 14 , so prepare yourself for these cultural differences by 15 out as much as you can about the UK before you com...
However, the influence and power of Great Britain began to erode in the first half of the 20th Century with two world wars. This had its consequences in the gradual breakup of the Empire during the second half of the century since when, the UK has re modelled itself into a leading, ...
when we can visually correlate all these phenomena – wars, capitalism, environmental destruction. This time is filled with a lot of confusion but also thinking, and reconsideration of values. I will not discuss here the new wave revolving around the theme of climate change that we hear in cu...
‘Culture wars’ can imply something going both ways, and that often isn’t the case. For example, the way that antifeminist groups organise themselves online is a response to a perceived provocation, a feeling that masculinity in general is being demeaned. They have set up loose networks –...
I am a very idiosyncratic sort ofradical liberal/anarchist/left-libertarian hybrid. I am very much on the left side of the culture wars instinctively, while at the same time I am strongly disposed to think any policy solutions the state could enact are bound to fail. Consequently, I am mor...
The freedom of speech “crisis”, to Wallace, was very much an American import – with examples and talking points imported wholesale. He poured scorn on the idea of English universities being “hotbeds of liberalism actively discriminating against honest conservative thinkers” as a talking point ...