I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused
Jason TebbeHistory, politics, culture
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Why Dr Strangelove Is More Relevant Than Ever
I first saw Dr Strangelove on TV in high school in the early 90s and immediately fell in love with it. Kubrick’s satire cut deep in ways that felt profoundly subversive, especially for a teenager wanting to question authority. At the same t...
Thoughts on Equinoxes, Both Literal and Political
The older I get the more I understand why traditional societies cared so much about equinoxes and solstices. As I age I can tolerate the darkness less than winter’s cold, and facing six months of more dark than light is a sad occasion. On t...
American Comeuppance
Booth Tarkington’s excellent novel The Magnificent Ambersons and the ill-fated yet still equally affecting Orson Welles film adaptation are both dominated by the character of George Minafer. He is the scion of the Amberson family, the tip t...
The Day the Future Died
Richard Beck’s recent history Homeland is a great accounting of the impact of 9/11 on American life, but the most important part comes at the beginning when he describes the event itself. In this section Beck breaks down, hour by hour, the...
It’s Time to Bring Back Moral Reform
A couple of weeks ago baseball played its annual “Field of Dreams” in eastern Iowa at the small ball field where they filmed the movie. It’s always a cool setting, and while it reinforces the myth of baseball being a product of rural Americ...
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