Archive - Cross Current

Your Own Private Idaho

A Look at How Personal Media Helped Create a Culture of Fear, from the ‘80s to Today

Jun 8 •

May 2025

What’s So Funny ‘Bout…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Romanticism

May 13 •

April 2025

Flattened by Mass Society

All This Cultural Flattening, Oppressive Corporatism, Paranoia and Malaise Should Be Familiar to the First-Wave Boomers Who Fought It

Apr 20 •

March 2025

February 2025

There Has Been a Drought of Cultural Greatness For Most of the 21st Century So Far

Human Mediocrity Will Pave the Way For AI Supremacy

Feb 12 •

January 2025

The Vibe Shift's Been Over: We're in an Entirely New Era

Before we focus on the new era that recently dawned (or the vibe shift that ended), let’s look at three different timelines for context.

Jan 12 •

December 2024

November 2024

Youth in Revolt

Can the Democrats Be the Youth Party Again? If They Follow the Youth Far Enough.

Nov 21, 2024 •

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