American Culture

Hanging on to America

Paul Ratner | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: American Dream, Slidepollajax, Moving to America, US Immigration, American Culture, Moving to US, American Immigration, Culture News

Whenever I'm in one of its in-between spaces, I feel the fragility of the American ideal. The ideal, not the cynicism, is why we came here. The America of the middle is worth hanging on to with everything we've got.

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Moving Beyond a Biomedical View of Co-Sleeping

American Anthropological Association | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Time Magazine, Breastfeeding, Attachment Parenting, Co-Sleeping, Parenting, American Culture, Multiculturalism, Biomedicine, Sleep, Parents News

As a culture, Americans need to move beyond narrow interpretations of parenting practices.

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Why You Should Tip the Foreign Delivery Guy

Morgan Rotondi | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Food Service, Fast Food, Germany, Food Culture, American Culture, Expats, Expatriates, Food News

We've all been there. You're hungry, maybe you're ordering delivery, or maybe you're going to that place down the street. You place your order. Then, all of a sudden, there's something standing between you and satisfaction... a language barrier.

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Since '45 - Extended Film Project

Michael Korolenko | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Boston University, Video, American Culture, Since '45, American History, Americana, Bellevue College, Culture News

"Since '45" presented a personal retrospective record of the years 1945 through 1979 of American cultural history and its relationship with modern media -- how it reports, portrays, impacts, and, in some cases, influences events.

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From Occupy to Progressive Renewal IV: A Full Development Society

James Block | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Politics News, Progressive Movement, American Culture, American Political Climate, Occupy Movement, Occupy, Politics News

The current movement on the streets building before our eyes, following the vast cohort of young people in the Obama campaign, tells us that the American dream perseveres. If without a vision the people perish, what cannot be achieved in its service?

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Why Americans Are Becoming Stupid

Robert Slayton | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Workspace, Steve Wozniak, Apple, American Culture, Workplace, Creative Workspace, Mass Transportation, Culture News

The public sphere is no longer a place where Americans can solve problems, and neither are open format workplaces or classrooms. Is it any surprise that we're worried about our rate of creativity?

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From Occupy to Progressive Renewal III: A Call to New Truths

James Block | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Politics News, Progressive Movement, American Culture, American Political Climate, Occupy Movement, Politics News

Real equality of opportunities must be through equality of capabilities...to achieve valuable functioning. --Amartya Sen A Common Inheritance A...

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From Occupy to Progressive Renewal II: It Takes a Village

James Block | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Politics News, American Culture, Progressive Movement, American Political Climate, Occupy Movement, Politics News

To move beyond their cautious pragmatism, progressives must abandon the self-defeating assumptions of the past. They must reject the false choice between social justice and individual freedom.

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From Occupy to Progressive Renewal: Demanding the Just Society

James Block | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: American Culture, American-Political-Climate, Progressive Agenda, Occupy Movement, Progressives, Politics News

Finally, serious opposition has emerged against the full-scale, right wing and corporate takeover of American society.

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The Voodoos and Don'ts of American Culture

Vaishali | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Religion and Politics, Healthy Living Spirit, Consciousness, Enlightenment, American Culture, American Culture and Consciousness, Healthy Living News

May these creative and imaginative means of engaging with life and the mysteries it contains make you a more loving, compassionate, sensitive and insightful being.

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American Culture: Arriving in America Can be Like Landing on Mars

Mariela Dabbah | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Girl Scout Cookies, American Culture, Acculturation, Cultura, Hispanic Heritage Month, Latino Voices News

Inevitably, many things will remain a mystery regardless of how long I live in the U.S., and I'm grateful for that. The discovery of what makes a people unique is all part of the fun and complex process of different cultures coming together.

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The Hegemony of Pop

The European Magazine | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: United States, Hollywood, U.S. Cultural Exports, U.S. Cultural Hegemony, U.S. Hegemony, U.S. CULTURE, American Culture, American Cultural Hegemony, American Cultural Exports, World News

While the U.S.'s cultural prominence is partially related to its political, military and economic power, such power is not the only cause of America's global cultural hegemony. Rather, the U.S. offers a unique convergence of several factors.

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Beyond the Myth of 9/11: The Path of Self-Examination

James Block | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: American-Mythology, American Culture, National Self-Examination, American Political Discourse, Politics News

September 11 was not only a trauma but, as with any crisis of identity, an opportunity for greater maturity. This would require serious reappraisal of the national project, beginning with the lure of self-mythology itself.

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Critics and Other Cultural Gatekeepers: Mind the Gate!

Carla Seaquist | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: New York Times Book Review, The Decline of American Civilization, Books, New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Book Reviews, New York Times, New Books, American Culture, Critics, Nicholson Baker, American Decline, Culture, Books News

Where is the recognition that a "book of raunch," rather than reflecting a mature and vibrant culture, is symptomatic of one in steep, full-on decline, drunk on its power and narcissism (including Baker's pet vice, sexual titillation)?

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WATCH: Brits Visit Walmart, Find American Culture In A Box Store

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Cyberculture, Reddit, Walmart, Urlesque, Video, American Culture, Humor, Shopping, Comedy News

Walmart as a tourism destination - who woulda thunk it? Apparently Alex and Liam, two friends from Essex and Scotland who longed to experience the mos...

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PHOTOS: 7 Revolting Things About American Culture

Laura Ingraham | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Muffintops, Kardashians, Kesha, Problems American Culture, American Culture, Culture, American Culture Problems, Books News

Think you're immune to the fall-out? Not a chance. None of us is safe. Not even our pets. (Do you know who "friended" your Chihuahua last night?) Accompany me on a quickie tour of the seven rings of America's cultural hell.

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Learning From the Girls

Christopher Holshek | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Project on National Security Reform, Sports, Team USA, National Security, Women's World Cup, International Relations, American Culture, Business, Women's World Cup 2011, Foreign Policy, Sports News

Last Sunday's Women's World Cup final was a triumph, regardless of the outcome. You can tell a lot about a country and a culture by its sports.

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The Tune Inn Is America

Howard Fineman | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: American Culture, Tune Inn, Tune Inn Fire, The Tune Inn, Politics News

Some people don't want to admit it, but Washington, DC is America, too. There are many ways to prove that proposition. For example, we have Little League teams, Fourth of July neighborhood parades and our own weird kind of hot dog called a "half smoke."

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Are We All Victims of Emotional Terrorism?

Judith Acosta | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: American Culture, Fearmongering, Media Fear, Fear-Mongering, Culture of Fear, The Inner Life, Fear-Based Culture, Healthy Living News

There is a slow, steady drip of terrorism in the United States. But it is not just where we think it is, ensconced somewhere in the Middle East. It is all around us, all the time.

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Is Monogamy in Marriage Unrealistic?

Alison Patton | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Libido, Divorce, Testosterone, Elizabeth Gilbert, Maria Shriver, Affairs, American Culture, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marital Infidelity, Shirley Glass, Ashley Madison, Marriage Monogamy, Monogamy, Monogamous Marriages, Cheating, Elizabeth Gilbert Committed, Monogamous-Animals, Gray Divorce, Divorce News

After years of handling divorces, I thought nothing could shock me. And then a client told me about Ashley Madison, the website for "The discreet who want to cheat."

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The Best Way to Destroy an Enemy

Ethan Casey | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Mississippi River, Gas Prices, Osama Bin Laden Death, Salmaan Taseer, Pakistan, Muslim Americans, American Anger, 9/11, Pakistan Floods, Obama, Osama, Pakistani Culture, American Presidential Election, High Gas Prices, USA Election, 2012 Presidential Election, Nate Thayer, Pakistan Government, Unites States Foreign Policy, Vietnam, Abraham Lincoln, Pakistani Anger, Americans, John Demjanjuk Charged, Terrorists, President Barack Obama, Terrorism, Khmer Rouge, Cambodian Genocide, American Government, American Culture, New York, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Washinton D.C., Mississippi River Floods, Pakistanis, Pol Pot, John Demjanjuk, Cambodia, Taliban, World News

I hope that Pakistanis who are understandably offended by U.S. violation of Pakistan's sovereignty will keep in mind that individual Americans don't represent, nor are we necessarily well represented by, the American government.

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Elizabeth Taylor: Cleopatra of Vijayawada

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Elizabeth Taylor, Third World, Hyderabad, US Foreign Policy, American Culture, Popular Culture, Hollywood, Vijayawada, Entertainment News

The Hollywood legend was the ultimate symbol of America's cultural influence that percolated down to small towns far, far away. The film Cleopatra op...

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And Now, More About Me: The Sorry State Of The News Media

Judith Acosta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Narcissism, Media, American Culture, Britney Spears, News, Reporters, Borders, Security, Media News

Things have changed in many ways, but few things as dramatically or as insidiously as the manner in which we receive and process information. This is particularly true of the media.

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On Wisconsin: The View from Pakistan

Ethan Casey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ganesh Man Singh, Egypt Protests, American Politics, Wisconsin, Travelogue, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Revolution, Reflection, Paul Krugman, Travel, American Culture, International, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

The point is that no self-respecting human being likes to be bullied, whether in Tripoli or in Madison. In America, less urgently than in Libya but urgently enough, it's high time we reclaimed an honest and legitimately popular politics.

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Be Happy Or Else: The American Refusal To Deal With Suffering

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: American Culture, Love, Suffering, Dogs, Spirituality, Happiness, Happiness and Values, American Happiness, The Pursuit of Happiness, American Values, America Happiness, Happiness Joy, Joy, Healthy Living News

What is unique to modern America is that our hopefulness comes with a price tag that no other culture has ever been willing to pay. It comes at the expense of reality and the medium of exchange is our spirit.

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