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The word "culture" is frequently used for a nations or groups tastes and preferences in art, cuisine, music, books, fashion, and manners.

Terms like popular culture or mass culture often refer to mainstream music, movies, activities, and so forth. High culture usually refers to the fine arts. Sometimes the term "mid-brow" is used to designate a book or movie that is intellectually driven yet maintains popular accessibility. "High brow" would be high culture, while "low brow" would be low culture.

Some writers say that popular culture needs defending from the high-culture crowd.

The blogosphere has its cultural commentators, while online magazines like Slate and Salon also critique several aspects of culture.

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  • Everything sacred but religion


    Platonic Shift — Authority Authority: 127
    Rex Murphy, a long-time favourite commentator of mine, discusses the peculiar confluence of activist atheism and ideology-as-public-religion: Crucifix out, warming in . "In this case, the European Court of Human Rights – in response to one complaint, from one atheist – told an entire country that has been the ...
    3 hours ago

  • Inside Planet Earth (Part 2)


    PressBD | Selective Video — Authority Authority: 152
    horses, birds and butterflies, in short everything was created by Allah. … Bangladesh Islam Muslim Bangla Travel Quran Natures Beauty South North West East Life Europe Africa Middle Asia Panorama Culture BBC CNN News National Geography Discovery Best Video worship Universe PBS Science Idol Christian Christianity ...
    4 hours ago

  • Our Representatives and President Laugh at Us


    Sierra Faith — Authority Authority: 118
    They will continue to do so until we vote them out : The Honorable Mr. Owens, now the official representative in the U.S Congress for the 23rd District of New York, is off to a fine start, at least by Democrat standards. Only twenty four hours into the short term he won to fill former Republican Representative ...
    4 hours ago

  • Paris’s Most Charming Salons: Angelina (4th of 4 Posts)


    Britannica Blog — Authority Authority: 479
    As a Paris -obsessed gal, I just have to write about the City of Light’s most enchantingly irresistible salons de thés. There is something about sitting in one of these rooms, staring at the trompe l’oeil on the wall and chandeliers on the ceiling; sipping a cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate; nibbling on tea ...
    5 hours ago

  • How Many Days Will Pass Before Obama Visits Fort Hood?


    David Drake — Authority Authority: 425
    Nidal Malik Hasan , a ticking time-bomb Radical Muslim Extremist? Sunday, around noon, will mark two full days that have passed for the horrific Fort Hood shootings by Nidal Malik Hasan . The death tally is up to 13 with over 31 injured. This was a terrorist act on United States soil and it occurred on ...
    5 hours ago

  • Palin in Wisconsin: Stand up for Life


    Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority Authority: 139
    Friday night Governor Palin spoke at an event for Wisconsin Right to Life .  Cameras (except for the one that took the picture above), and any recording “gadget” were not allowed in by the organizers.  Media were allowed in (they just didn’t get in free), and Bill Glauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...
    5 hours ago

  • Restructuring The’Dynamic Duo’


    Net News Publisher — Authority Authority: 155
    Yesterday I suggested that House Republican from Minnesota Michelle Bachmann had turned my “ dynamic duo of demagoguery ,” Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, into an “unholy trinity.” While I think that it is dangerous to assume that someone like Newt will fade into the background, it’s beginning to look ...
    5 hours ago

  • British burglar provides updated photo for his own wanted poster


    Eideard — Authority Authority: 491
    Burglar provides photo for his own wanted poster.
    5 hours ago

  • Everything FREE at Sleepless Night in Miami Beach. By Geniusofdespair


    EYE ON MIAMI — Authority Authority: 483
    I went, I saw, I did. It was all the culture the Beach has to offer for free at Sleepless Night in Miami Beach and the people were out in droves. It is an all night event -- I only lasted till 11 pm but it was worth doing since it didnt cost anything. Here are the highlights of my night in crummy photos, sorry I didnt ...
    5 hours ago

  • House Passes Nationalized Healthcare: Here’s How They Voted


    Publius Forum — Authority Authority: 425
    The Clerk of the House has posted the roll call of votes for the House on HR39632, the House healthcare bill. To see how your Representative voted visit Final Vote Results for Roll Call 887 . Bookmark to:
    5 hours ago

  • Best 2009 election protest propaganda


    David Shankbone — Authority Authority: 465
    The best political protest propaganda in the 2009 November election was “No Third Terms, Voter for Burns”, a poster that played on Shepard Fairey’s Obama “Hope” poster and the anger of New York voters about Bloomberg’s ungracious collusion with the city council to overturn voter-approved term limits. ...
    5 hours ago

  • Jumyr Kymysh or Two Warriors


    KZblog — Authority Authority: 456
    Chris Merriman was kind enough to lend me Ulytau’s most recent album, Jumyr Kylysh which is being released in English as Two Warriors . I suppose the name change is because Jumyr Kylysh seems to mean “round ball” in Kazakh. Non-Kazakhs, who have never heard of Ulytau, would not expect an album called ...
    5 hours ago

  • Why Report? Just Make It Up…


    Southern Appeal — Authority Authority: 505
    The Health Care Bill Passes. Blah. Blah. Blah. Historic vote. Blah. Blah. Blah. Catholic Church signs off on it…what????? By allowing a vote on the amendment by  Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and other anti-abortion lawmakers, House leaders achieved the latter goal: The Catholic church signed off on the ...
    6 hours ago

  • Speaking: Gabriel García Márquez


    Isak — Authority Authority: 433
    Why is the originality so readily granted us in literature so mistrustfully denied us in our difficult attempts at social change? ... we, the inventors of tales, who will believe anything, feel entitled to believe that it is not yet too late to engage in the creation of the opposite utopia. A new and sweeping utopia ...
    6 hours ago

  • D.C. Based Muslim Prays for ‘Recovery of Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan’ on FaceBook


    Publius Forum — Authority Authority: 425
    -By Warner Todd Huston I guess we shouldn’t be surprised, but a Washington D.C. based Muslim named Khadeeja Nuur has created a FaceBook Page offering prayers for the recovery of Fort Hood murderer Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan. The page seems to have been started sometime before Friday at 3PM and she features this ...
    6 hours ago

  • Health Bill Passes in U.S. House of Representatives


    Epublishers Weekly — Authority Authority: 112
    A ffordable health care for everyone may be on its way. This evening, around 11:10 p.m., the U.S. House voted in favor of new health care plan. The decision was won by almost the narrowest of margins: 218 "Yea" votes were needed, and 220 "Yea" votes were recorded in favor of bill HR 3962. This bill was endorsed by ...
    6 hours ago

  • Manhattan’s Most Interesting Neighborhoods


    Homeschool Facts — Authority Authority: 462
    There are so many great things about Manhattan. From the liveliness to the convenience and the outright beauty of the city itself, residents and travelers alike fall in love with New York.
    6 hours ago

  • WFFBKK 09: Capsule reviews part 1


    Wise Kwais Thai Film Journal — Authority Authority: 474
    At Stake -- Four segments in this documentary deal with problems faced by women in Indonesia, mainly stemming from taboos having to do with gynecology and the "purity" of women. The wide-ranging, frank discussion also gets into sexuality. The subjects include Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong, an examination ...
    6 hours ago

  • Cultural Differences Between Bachelor Parties In Different Countries


    Easy Way to Happiness — Authority Authority: 145
    The celebratory nights out for the bride and groom are tradition dating back so far that we can only speculate as to its origins. Generally speaking, the groom enlists the help of a best man (obviously primarily to perform the best man customs at the wedding) who then traditionally organises a stag party for him. ...
    7 hours ago

  • Quote of the Week


    Every Square Inch — Authority Authority: 110
    The experience of our modernized world leads us to think of it not only as the absence of God but, as it turns out, the absence of human nature. This is no coincidence. The death of God is always followed by the death of the human being. David Wells , Above All Earthly Powrs , p.48
    7 hours ago

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