Posts tagged "politics"

Why the New Leisure Class Enjoys Activism and Philanthropy

Wealthy aristocrats once demonstrated their power and status by entering government, making war, and funding churches and artists. Though the forms have changed, they still do today. The post Why t...

The adaptive reuse of LaVilla's 927 West Forsyth Street

The adaptive reuse of 927 West Forsyth Street in LaVilla into a Japanese-style entertainment concept is now underway. Here's a sneak peak look inside. - Planned by Jacksonville-based Pearl Hospital...

The Birth and Burial of Evolutionary Science in Australia

Activists of often mostly European ancestry have appropriated prehistoric cultures and are systematically destroying fossils vital to understanding the evolutionary heritage of all humankind. The p...

LaVilla’s Forgotten Freedom Fighter

Before Rosa Parks and Montgomery, a pastor on Ashley Street sat down on a Jacksonville streetcar, refused bail, and forced the courts to blink. His name was Andrew Patterson, and his blueprint trav...

Mariners at the Dawn of History

Archaeological finds hundreds of thousands of years old have shown human settlement of many of the world’s remote islands, challenging our assumptions of a primitive prehistory. The post Mariners a...

The Legacy of the Boylan-Haven School

A brief history and look at the legacy of the Historic Eastside’s Boylan-Haven School. - Expanding opportunities The original location of the Boylan Industrial Home School in LaVilla was at the int...

How GDP Hides Industrial Decline

A deep-dive into GDP methodology shows that it is neither objective nor an actual measure of production. Serious people should stop using it. The post How GDP Hides Industrial Decline appeared firs...

Bullets and Ballots: The Legacy of Charlie Kirk

I WILL NOT ATTEMPT to eulogize the martyr. Others have done this already—and done so with such skill that anything I write would not measure up. I will do something else here: explain, in sober and...

Why Romania Excels in International Olympiads

Students in Romania are sharply sorted with meritocratic tests. The result is a nation punching above its weight intellectually, but not necessarily capturing the benefits. The post Why Romania Exc...

The Case for Crazy Philanthropy

Bureaucratic science is already generously funded and does not need more private support. Philanthropists should fund young outsiders, like during the Golden Age of Science. The post The Case for C...

Did Taiwan “Lose Trump?”

OVER THE LAST WEEK Christian Whiton’s essay “How Taiwan Lost Trump” has ricocheted its way through the Taiwanese media. Ever sensitive to foreign perceptions of Taiwan, the Taiwanese chattering cla...

PALLADIUM 18: Biological Inheritance

Our summer 2025 print edition is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy. The post PALLADIUM 18: Biological Inheritance appeared first on Palladium.

No Country Ever Got Rich From Tourism

Factories and offices will always generate far more wealth than hotels and restaurants. Growing tourism is a sign of economic stagnation, not dynamism. The post No Country Ever Got Rich From Touris...

Will Future Civilizations Bother to Excavate Our Remains?

The practice of archaeology is almost unique to our contemporary Western civilization rather than universal, and it is unlikely to be continued by future civilizations. The post Will Future Civiliz...

Book Notes: Stoner (1965)

NEITHER THE MALE AUTHORS NOR THE MALE READERS most preoccupied with middle age are inclined to face it cleanly. The male author depicts the mid-life crisis to escape his own. His novels and screenp...

The Age of Ultra-nihilism

The Eight Tribes of Trump and China

LAST OCTOBER I published a short breakdown of four geopolitical ‘schools’ that might shape China strategy under Trump. That piece was a pre-election preview of a much larger report I was writing fo...

The Euro-American Split (I): Dread Possibility

THERE ARE DECADES WHEN possibility is constrained in a narrow frame. The terrain has been surveyed, boundaries have been laid, and rules have been established. In such an age there is still room fo...

Observations From India

In November 2024, I traveled to India as part of a delegation hosted by the India Foundation. The foundation is a part of the new nationalist establishment steering Indian society. As they see thin...

Science Proceeds One Question at a Time

MIDWAY through his 900 page history of biology, zoologist Ernst Mayr considers the problem posed by Alfred Wallace. Wallace was a contemporary of Charles Darwin who independently developed a theory...