Nepo babies have sparked debate for years, but chart-topping singer-songwriter Stella Lefty, who also happens to be the daughter of a billionaire, is reigniting the conversation. Audie and Ari debate how the rich and privileged should navigate fame and success — and they don't entirely agree. Plus, why an Ivy League dean wants you to be skeptical of the explosion of college admissions content online. 0:00 The conversation around nepo babies is evolving 4:01 A tale of two nepo baby pop stars 5:57 Nepo vs. born rich is a category difference 7:30 Are all the nepo babies hiring the same media coach? 13:35 This has also come up in basketball 15:50 Don’t hate the nepo babies, hate the system that rewards only them 19:22 Is this all just rage…
A record number of American parents are finding that the most affordable “good school” is in their own home. The post How the Other Half Homeschools appeared first on The American Conservative .
Education Education How the Other Half Homeschools A record number of American parents are finding that the most affordable “good school” is in their own home. Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images Earlier this summer, while reading Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream by historian Dixie Dillon Lane, I wrote the following note in the margins: “Will opposition to homeschooling become a luxury belief domiciled among elites?” At the time, the note was just a hasty thought scribbled down with no particular…Open
A new 5,500-word Vanity Fair profile claims Usha Vance "built" her husband into a vice president, but the magazine never spoke to her, and the framing says far more about coastal condescension than about the Vance family. The profile, assembled from unnamed Yale Law School classmates and friends of the couple, paints the 40-year-old second […] The post Vanity Fair's Usha Vance profile reveals more about elite media than about the second lady appeared first on American Almanac .
A new 5,500-word Vanity Fair profile claims Usha Vance "built" her husband into a vice president, but the magazine never spoke to her, and the framing says far more about coastal condescension than about the Vance family. The profile, assembled from unnamed Yale Law School classmates and friends of the couple, paints the 40-year-old second lady as the hidden architect of JD Vance's rise from Marine veteran and law student to senator to vice president. One former classmate told the magazine that Usha "saw tremendous potential in JD" and shaped him into something polished enough for the establishment's approval. The New York Post reported on the profile's contents and noted that Usha Vance did not sit for an interview with Vanity Fair.…Open
War is being transformed by high technology into something lusterless and horrible. The post The Death of Glory appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Death of Glory War is being transformed by high technology into something lusterless and horrible. TakiMag (Sibsky2016/Shutterstock) It is almost impossible to imagine, but very, very soon, soldiers engaged in battle will be as outmoded as high button shoes, or gentlemen standing up when shaking hands with a lady. In fact there will be no more ground, air, or sea fighting by humans, no more intimate observations by war correspondents enlarging their own roles, no more pics of masculine swagger after a bloody victory. And no, it is not that male tough guys have turned sensitive and no longer…Open
Sean Morrow, senior writer at More Perfect Union, describes how meetings at the Bohemian club laid the groundwork and early stages of the Manhattan Project. Watch this full episode of "Unreported": https://youtu.be/KkapOSW8dNA #BohemianGrove #ManhattanProject #politicians
