The past, it seems, keeps getting farther away—or, rather, what passes for a legitimate past does. In the […]
Category Archive: technology
Since electronic computers were declassified at the end of World War II, journalists, social theorists, and ordinary people […]
Everyone loves lists. The editors of Tropics of Meta have shown how much fun lists of scholarly books […]
Democracy is a funny word. In the strictest sense, it means “government by the people,” with decisions made […]
The State makes things happen that otherwise would not have. – Mariana Mazzucato Thomas Piketty isn’t the only […]
The recent release of Jose Padilha’s reboot of the RoboCop franchise offers ToM another opportunity to indulge in […]
“Democrats,” the Cato Institute recently observed, “are pinko-communist flag-burners who want to tax churches and use the money […]
[Editor’s note: this article originally appeared in the Intersections column on the KCET Departures website, June 27, 2013.] […]