https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/03/26/thoughts_on_ian_buruma_and_mul/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 15:46:02 -0400<![CDATA[Last April, I stopped briefly in Philadelphia to deliver a short paper at the Philadelphia Society’s 43rd National Meeting. The general topic was “Challenges to Conservatism.” (I, too, have a hard time believing they managed to get to the bottom of that list in a day and a half.) My panel was devoted to the theme of “Globalization,” which, depending on how you look at things, I suppose might be regarded as a challenge of or a challenge to conservatism. In any event, I was asked to say a few words about “multiculturalism,” that university-nurtured version of cultural relativism that has now firmly ensconced itself wherever politically correct college-educated elites congregate, which is to say just about everywhere.]]>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:24:26 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/03/26/thoughts_on_ian_buruma_and_mul-n114672