Hillbilly Culture and America’s Future

I just finished reading an intriguing memoir about a segment of American society that is virtually ignored.  Writer J.D. Vance chronicles his life story in Hillbilly Elegy.  Vance highlights the terrible consequences of bad ideas passed from generation to generation.  These bad ideas include eschewing education, using violence as a means to settle disagreements, drug […]

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Romantic Realism is a genre of art that embraces values.  It presents a world of characters, whether in literature or art, who represent what life ought to be.  What kind of life is depicted?  It’s a life of purposefulness and heroism.  It’s the individual who lives his life with dignity and integrity.  A book that embodies […]

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