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First off, it must be said the Boomers came in a variety of flavors. Polls show that close to half or more of the Boomers in the 60s and 70s were tilted to the right. Many supported the Vietnam War and voted for Nixon. And the majority weren't into the Drug Culture and the Sexual... Read More
The opposite of a good thing can be counted on to also be a good thing. That reality—as I see it, anyway—prompts me to think about the opposite of whatever I consider true and valuable to discern how it might be true and valuable. Giving impetus to this activity is the assumption that, whether it... Read More
Men sometimes blindly take ideas to their logical conclusion. Thomas Jefferson didn’t literally mean “all men are created equal,” but he set in motion forces now destroying his nation. Northern soldiers in the Civil War may have thought they were fighting to save the Union, but their victory redefined it. American soldiers in World War... Read More
See also by Carl Horowitz: Lana Del Rey: Too Good Or Too White? and "Is This A Sovereign Nation / Or Just A Police State?" Eric Clapton, COVID, And Immigration Is it possible to dislike one’s countrymen yet still love one’s country? Mark Twain and H.L. Mencken had no problem with that paradox. Neither does... Read More
There's been a lot of buzz about Peter Jackson's latest Beatles documentary GET BACK. I haven't seen it nor am I eager to. Peter Jackson made his name with Art Horror(the vile and disgusting HEAVENLY CREATURES), Fantasy(the interminable THE LORD OF THE RINGS, the longest dungeons-and-dragons video game), and Adventure(the remake of KING KONG, fun... Read More
As memes go, "Okay Boomer" goes a long way. Though on surface hardly damning or even insulting, it stings precisely because the boomers made such a big deal of themselves. Nothing they did was just 'okay'. It was meant to be 'world shaking', like Cool Hand Luke's antics. The Boomer Bible would have us believe... Read More