Syncretism and secularism

Nihilism has become irrelevant, but what will come next? | Gene Edward Veith

"Everything has changed." That refrain has become as common in the post-9/11 world as "God bless America."

America's culture-makers—many of whom live in New York City—are deeply shaken. The intellectual movements, artistic styles, and entertainment fads now seem obsolete.

True, left-wing academics like Noam Chomsky and Susan Sontag treat American values with a disdain second only, perhaps, to Osama bin Laden. But in insisting that the terrorist attacks were justified because of America's imperialism, its support of Israel, and oppression of the developing world, the post-Marxists on university campuses are making fools of themselves, to the point that it is evident even to college students.