Two of these images are real and two are fake. All four are repulsive.

Conversations | Stephen Hicks | Postmodernism and Nazism | With John Anderson “Prof. Stephen Hicks is a philosopher who is well known for his expertise in demystifying postmodernist ideology. His insights into postmodernism and political correctness have extra significance today as we see university progressive activism spilling out into the streets.” John Anderson was Deputy

The robots continue to free us from drudge work: Chipotle’s “Chippy” goes to work. Related: The Robots Will Free Us (Open College podcast).

In 1990, the year after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the year before the final collapse of the Soviet Union, Professor Robert Heilbroner wrote this: “But what spokesman of the present generation has anticipated the demise of socialism or the ‘triumph of capitalism’? Not a single writer in the Marxian tradition! Are there

From YouGov, a fascinating presentation of survey results: “Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups.”

An ancient Turkish proverb says: When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a sultan.The palace becomes a circus. I recall that proverb, seemingly every election we have. Though it applies more generally: Places are what you make of them.