My Mama's Mustache & Other Inherited Stuff  

"" set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.

The new paradigm, sadly, is to demonize scholarly journalism as a tool of the 'left'. Then by omission and/or commission, the 'right' is able to arrange, invent, and conjure up false or misleading facts and use them as the building blocks of hate. Witness the growth of hate radio, newspapers, and at least one national TV outlet (fix news). All callers, guests, and experts are screened. Debate is not sharing ideas, in a scholarly fashion, but is a platform for the 'right'. HH

An old paradigm is similar to a new paradigm. Its a set of values and beliefs that creates a reality for a community that holds similar values. However, old paradigm later becomes invalidated by newer paradigm that seem truer or are proven by facts. For example, in the ancient days, people believed that everything revolved around the earth and it was the center of the universe. Today we know that the earth is not the center of the universe and its one of 9 planets that revolve around the sun."