History
With his endorsement of Wesley Clark, George McGovern perhaps answers those who compare McGovern to Howard Dean. Still, though, the similiarities between this account of the McGovern campaign in 1971 and what we've seen of the Dean campaign are interesting: To run as an "insurgent," the
History
Future historians may well mark the mid-1980s as the time when Japan surpassed the United States to become the world's dominant economic power. [...] America's GNP may remain larger than Japan's well into the 1990s (depending on exchange rate measurements), but there are many
History
In 1971, The New Republic noted an aspect of George McGovern's personality that I see as the biggest difference between him and Howard Dean: Next to his "radical" image, McGovern's biggest liability is the feeling he doesn't project strength, that he'
Intellect
His similes are terrible, but his points are good… [T]he art critics and the dramatic critics [...] are separated by a great chasm of "culture" and fastidiousness from the people for whom they write. They [look upon] the amusements of the public, not as wine-tasters oversee wine-
History
Even after the slaughter of World War I, there could still be in 1937 an excessive faith in human progress: Today, of course, we hardly know the meaning of the word "fear" in its medieval sense. Anesthetics have removed the fear of physical pain. Logic and intelligence have
History
The controversy over whether Howard Dean is another George McGovern and the endorsement of Joe Lieberman by The New Republic has inspired me to dig up some of what The New Republic wrote in 1971 and 1972 about George McGovern's presidential campaign. Looking at contemporary writings can be
Intellect
Over at 2 Blowhards, Michael Blowhard describes what he sees as "the difference between the movie-person's view of the world and the book-person's view of the world": [F]or the sake of this discussion, I don't mean book fans. I
Music
Two pairs of songs that are…interesting to listen to back-to-back: "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello (1978), followed by "My Sharona" by The Knack (1979). "Dreams" by Gerry and the Pacemakers (1965), followed by "Lucky Ball & Chain" by
Houston
I got together after work Thursday at Slainte on Main Street with Thomas and Lori Gray, Thomas' brother David, and Lori's former co-worker Booth (an ex-MOBster). Slainte is one of two faux-Irish pubs between Prairie Street and Texas Avenue. The menu items all have
Media
Dylan Wilbanks takes a look at the current state of American political discourse, and says one thing I strongly agree with (though I would quibble with "impossible"): I believe political discourse is now impossible in this country, thanks to the media, the bevy of talk-show moruns [sic]
Houston
I stopped by a Houston Metro RideStore on my way home from work tonight to buy the $25 MetroRail Downtown Pass. I presented my credit card to pay for it, and was told that Metro was only accepting cash and checks. (!) In my wallet, I had 24 dollars. In my
Remarks
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