Tuesday, July 19 2011
Talking About My Generation, ‘Mad Men’ Style
Getting older during the '60s was a cruel fate: it was unfair; it was depressing. But, in some respects, it was a party compared to getting older these days.
Wednesday, November 3 2010
Pulp Non-Fiction: Where Tarantino Meets Aristotle
Truth is as strange as fiction. Compare God in America with Angels in America and you can hardly tell the difference -- which is what Pulp Fiction has been saying all along.
Monday, March 22 2010
Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen
Richard Nixon, runaway unemployment, fuel shortages, Uri Geller bending spoons, and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Why was everyone so paranoid?
Sunday, December 7 2008
Tricky shtick: Nixon film portrayals are irresistible to actors, but essence is elusive
Monday, April 21 2008
Rightward Bound by Bruce J. Schulman, Julian E. Zelizer (Editors)
Jacobs writes that the [1973-74 energy] crisis ultimately taught “conservative reformers a valuable lesson: fighting liberalism is hard”.
Friday, September 14 2007
The Preacher and the Presidents by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
The result is a hypnotic read about the turbulent nature of public life.
Wednesday, August 15 2007
