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Compact (American Magazine)
''Compact'' is an American online magazine that began operating in March 2022. The magazine was co-founded by Marxist populist Edwin Aponte, former editor of the conservative ecumenical journal ''First Things'', Matthew Schmitz, and conservative opinion journalist Sohrab Ahmari. ''The New York Times'' describes the magazine's editors as being ideologically diverse, including religiously conservative Catholics, populists and dissident Marxist feminists. The magazine's editorial line is critical of liberalism from both the left and the right. Planning for the launch of the magazine began in 2020 between Ahmari and Schmitz, who later incorporated Aponte on the condition that half of the site's content cover "material concerns". ''Compact'' launched without a paywall for its first few weeks and is now run on a reader-funded model, requiring a paid subscription to access all of the articles on the site. The magazine includes columnists such as Christopher Caldwell, Lee Smith, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohrab Ahmari
Sohrab Ahmari ( fa, سهراب احمری, translit=Sohrāb Aḥmarī, translit-std=ALA-LC; born February 1, 1985) is an Iranian American columnist, editor, and author of nonfiction books. He is a founding editor of the online magazine ''Compact (American magazine), Compact''. He is a contributing editor of ''The Catholic Herald'', and a columnist for ''First Things''. Previously, he served as the op-ed editor of the ''New York Post'', a columnist and editor with ''The Wall Street Journal'' opinion pages in New York and London, and as a senior writer at ''Commentary (magazine), Commentary''. Ahmari is the author of ''The New Philistines'' (2016), a critique of how identity politics are corrupting the arts; ''From Fire, by Water'' (2019), a spiritual memoir about his conversion to Catholicism; and ''The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos'' (2021). Early life and education Ahmari was born in Tehran, Iran. In his 2012 book, ''Arab Spring Dreams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Caldwell (journalist)
Christopher Caldwell (born 1962) is an American journalist, and a former senior editor at ''The Weekly Standard'', as well as a regular contributor to the ''Financial Times'' and '' Slate''. He is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and contributing editor to the ''Claremont Review of Books''. His writing also frequently appears in ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The New York Times'' (where he is a contributing editor to the paper's magazine), and ''The Washington Post''. He was also a regular contributor to ''The Atlantic Monthly'' and the ''New York Press'' and the assistant managing editor of ''The American Spectator. Early life and education Caldwell was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and is a graduate of Harvard College, where he studied English literature. Career Caldwell's 2009 book '' Reflections on the Revolution in Europe'', which deals with increased Muslim immigration to Europe, received mixed reactions. ''The Economist'' newspaper called it "an important book as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Online Magazines Published In The United States
In computer technology and telecommunications, online indicates a state of connectivity and offline indicates a disconnected state. In modern terminology, this usually refers to an Internet connection, but (especially when expressed "on line" or "on the line") could refer to any piece of equipment or functional unit that is connected to a larger system. Being online means that the equipment or subsystem is connected, or that it is ready for use. "Online" has come to describe activities performed on and data available on the Internet, for example: " online identity", "online predator", "online gambling", "online game", "online shopping", "online banking", and " online learning". Similar meaning is also given by the prefixes "cyber" and "e", as in the words "cyberspace", "cybercrime", "email", and "ecommerce". In contrast, "offline" can refer to either computing activities performed while disconnected from the Internet, or alternatives to Internet activities (such as shopping in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobbs V
Dobbs may refer to Places * Dobbs County, North Carolina, USA ** Dobbs County Regiment, active in 1775–1783 ** Fort Dobbs (North Carolina), USA **'' Fort Dobbs'', a 1958 American western * Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA ** Dobbs Ferry station ** Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District * Dobbs Weir, Hertfordshire, England, UK ** Dobbs Weir Lock, Hertfordshire, England Other * Dobbs (surname) * ''Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ''Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization'', , is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. The court's decision overruled both ''Ro ...'', a US Supreme Court case in which the court found the Constitution did not confer abortion rights * '' Lou Dobbs Tonight'', an American editorial commentary and discussion program * ''Maisie Dobbs'' (novel), a 2003 mystery by Jacqueline Winspear See also * * Dobb (other) * Dob (disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek (, ; ; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York University and a senior researcher at the University of Ljubljana's Department of Philosophy. He primarily works on continental philosophy (particularly Hegelianism, psychoanalysis and Marxism) and political theory, as well as film criticism and theology. Žižek is the most famous associate of the Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis, a group of Slovenian academics working on German Idealism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, ideology critique, and media criticism. His breakthrough work was 1989's '' The Sublime Object of Ideology'', his first book in English, which was decisive in the introduction of the Ljubljana School's thought to English-speaking audiences. He has written over 50 books in multiple languages. The idiosyncratic style o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Embery
Paul Embery is a British author, political commentator, and trade union activist. He has worked as a columnist for ''UnHerd'' and '' Huffington Post'', and has hosted ''The Political Correction'' segment of GB News. Embery is a member of the Blue Labour campaign movement. Biography Embery was born and raised in Dagenham. He served as a firefighter with the London Fire Brigade and was on the executive council of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), serving as the regional secretary of the Fire Brigades Union in London. He became a member of the Labour Party in 1994. In March 2019, Embery spoke at the pro-Brexit Leave Means Leave rally in London. As a result, he was dismissed from his role from the Fire Brigades Union and barred from being a Fire Brigades Union official for two years as the FBU stated Embery's decision to speak at the rally violated their anti-Brexit policy. The decision was criticised by politicians Kate Hoey Catharine Letitia Hoey, Baroness Hoey (born 21 June 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Deneen (author)
Patrick J. Deneen (born 1964) is an American political theorist who is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He studies and writes about political thought, especially American liberal democracy. Politically, Deneen advances a form of Catholic communitarianism, citing scholars such as Alexis de Tocqueville and Wendell Berry as influences. His book ''Why Liberalism Failed'' considers the loss of meaning and community in liberal society. Life and career Born in 1964, Deneen was educated at Rutgers University, earning a B.A. in English Literature (1986) and a Ph.D. in Political Science (1995). He taught at Princeton University (1997–2005) as an assistant professor. Deneen joined the faculty at Georgetown University in 2005 and was the Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Associate Professor of Government until 2012. He began his current position at Notre Dame in 2012. His dissertation, "The Odyssey of Political Theory," was awarded the 1995 American Political Scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tracey (journalist)
Michael Tracey (born August 8, 1988) is an American political commentator. Career Tracey has been a recurring guest on the Fox News show ''Tucker Carlson Tonight''. Tracey joined ''The Young Turks'' in January 2017 but left the organization by mid-2018. In April 2017, Tracey went to an estate sale at Kurt Eichenwald's house. Tracey photographed collections of journalistic notes on terrorists and Guantanamo Bay, as well as ties, socks and hats belonging to Eichenwald, posting the photographs in a Twitter thread. Two years later, Eichenwald described Tracey as a "bizarre dude" who snuck into his house and took pictures of his socks. In June 2017, congresswoman Maxine Waters walked away from an interview with Tracey and pushed aside his hand and microphone. The incident was captured on video. Tracey said that Waters had "initiated unwarranted physical contact" and "shoved" him, but that it was "not a violent shove".Phillips, Kristine (June 4, 2017)"Did Rep. Maxine Waters 'shov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liel Leibovitz
Liel Leibovitz (born 1976) is an Israeli journalist, author, media critic and video game scholar. Leibovitz was born in Tel Aviv, immigrated to the United States in 1999, and earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2007. In 2014, he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. Early life and education Leibovitz was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to Iris and Rony Leibovitz. His father, born into a wealthy family, became known in Israel as the "Motorcycle Bandit" who robbed 21 banks and served 8 years in prison during his son's childhood. Leibovitz visited his father weekly while he was in prison, and his family suffered financially after his father's incarceration. When he was aged about 9, he became interested in the United States after visiting relatives resident there."Sandy Brawarsky, The Jewish Week, "Giving Up America" January 11, 2006 He received his B.A. from Tel Aviv University and after moving to New York City, he received a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American journalist, author and lawyer. In 2014, he cofounded ''The Intercept'', of which he was an editor until he resigned in October 2020. Greenwald subsequently started publishing on Substack. In 1996, Greenwald founded a law firm concentrating on First Amendment litigation. He began blogging on national security issues in October 2005, while he was becoming increasingly concerned with what he viewed to be attacks on civil liberties by the George W. Bush Administration in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. He became a vocal critic of the Iraq War and has maintained a critical position of American foreign policy. Greenwald started contributing to ''Salon'' in 2007, and to ''The Guardian'' in 2012. In June 2013, while at ''The Guardian'', he began publishing a series of reports detailing previously unknown information about American and British global surveillance programs based on classified documents provided by Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Vermeule
Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule (, born May 2, 1968) is an American legal scholar who is currently the Ralph S. Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School. He is best known for his contributions to constitutional law and administrative law, in particular his theory of common-good constitutionalism. Biography Vermeule was born May 2, 1968. Vermeule graduated from Harvard College in 1990 with an A.B. '' summa cum laude'' in East Asian Languages and Civilizations. He then attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1993 with a Juris Doctor ''magna cum laude''. Vermeule clerked for judge David Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1993 to 1994 and for justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 to 1995. He joined the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School in 1998. Vermeule became professor of law at Harvard Law School in 2006, was named John H. Watson Professor of Law in 2008, and was nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Power
Nina Power is an English writer and philosopher. She is a senior editor of and columnist for the online magazine ''Compact''. Power received her PhD in philosophy from Middlesex University on the topic of humanism and antihumanism in postwar French philosophy, and also has an MA and BA in philosophy from the University of Warwick. She was a senior lecturer in philosophy at Roehampton University, and has taught at Middlesex, Orpington College, London College of Communication, Morley College. Power also worked as a tutor in critical writing in art and design at the Royal College of Art, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the British Philosophical Association. She served as both editor and translator (with Alberto Toscano) of Alain Badiou's ''On Beckett''. Some of the publications she regularly contributes are ''frieze'', ''Wire'', ''Radical Philosophy'', ''The Guardian'', '' Cabinet'', ''Film Quarterly'', ''Icon'' and '' The Philosophers' Magazine''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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