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Showing posts with label Reagan. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Reagan. Show all posts

Friday, February 01, 2008

Ghosts of '08: JFK, Reagan and Bubba

As the Presidential campaign clarifies down to McCain vs. Clinton or Obama, there are echoes of the past in the appeal of each to today'...

Sunday, January 27, 2008

The Clinton-Kennedy Chasm

On the heels of Caroline Kennedy's paean to Barack Obama as the heir to her father's political ideals come reports that the family...

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Casting Call for GOP "Christmas Carol"

Looking for redemption in Bush's final year, the White House Art Players might plan a new production of the Dickens classic starring the...

Monday, July 16, 2007

Republican President? Liar Luntz Has a Plan

Talk about die-hards: The GOP’s piss-on–the-public pollster/pundit Frank Lunz unveils his strategy to keep the White House in ’08. It gets ...

Thursday, June 21, 2007

The Summer of Our Discontent

New polls show Americans unhappy with just about everything . “A very sour mood” is the Gallup conclusion. Only 24 percent say they are sati...

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Dr. Reagan and Mr. Cheney

After rehearsing with Jay Leno last night, Fred Thompson is ready for his Fourth of July closeup, Mr. DeMille. As an actor Thompson has alw...

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ROBERT STEIN: editor, publisher, media critic and journalism teacher, is a former Chairman of the American Society of Magazine Editors, and author of “Media Power: Who Is Shaping Your Picture of the World?” Before the war in Iraq, he wrote in The New York Times: “I see a generation gap in the debate over going to war in Iraq. Those of us who fought in World War II know there was no instant or easy glory in being part of 'The Greatest Generation,' just as we knew in the 1990s that stock-market booms don’t last forever. We don’t have all the answers, but we want to spare our children and grandchildren from being slaughtered by politicians with a video-game mentality." This is not meant to extol geezer wisdom but suggest that, even in our age of 24/7 hot flashes, something can be said for perspective. The Web is a wide space for spreading news, but it can also be a deep well of collective memory to help us understand today’s world. In olden days, tribes kept village elders around to remind them with which foot to begin the ritual dance. Start the music.

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