The Political Naivety of Millennials
Naivety. It's a theme usually slipped between the lines by surrogates for Hillary Clinton, trying to explain why millennial voters so strongly back Senator Bernie Sanders over the former Secretary of...
View ArticlePost-Debate Mini-Cine: "Drivin' with Eyes Closed"
Caveat: This is a Hillary-free, Bernie-free, Donald-free zone. First one to violate has to ride on the hump. (And if you're of an age to understand that reference, you may like this video.)Caveat 2:...
View ArticleWAR. Songs. What are they good for?
I remain interested in “the days” of my childhood, but only because that one girl looked me up on AOL in the early 1990s, when we had fast modems at 28kb baud, and dial-up was a thing.As I never vowed...
View ArticleThe Conservative Tradition: William F Buckley Jr and the Litigious Loudmouth
Saw the DVD of the documentary “Best of Enemies” about the debates between William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal on ABCNews during the 1968 Republican and Democratic conventions. About two and a half...
View Article"Mindless Menace of Abusiveness on KOS" (paraphrased from legendary RFK speech)
And btw, all of you. I am a sincere Progressive.And, I resent the harassment I received, merely by association with a friend you don’t like. Everybody has bad days, where they lash out on internet...
View ArticleThe Glass Lot
I often think of my hometown of Berkeley, California; living on Berkeley Way up the street from the Glass Lot Baseball Field. We called it the Glass Lot because it was, to the casual observer a vacant...
View ArticleHistory is a moving train: From Nixon and Goldwater to Donald Trump and the...
American political culture celebrates the idea of protest and dissent. But it is often extremely hostile to the dissenters and protesters themselves. America loves its civic martyrs and freedom...
View ArticleQuestion of the night: Your favorite police television shows
I do not know about you, but I grew up watching police shows.In the 1950s it was Highway Patrol and Peter Gunn.In the 1960s it was Dragnet and the Untouchables (technically it started in 1959 but it...
View ArticleQuestion of the Day: I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched? Plus a bit of history...
When you were a smaller Daily Kosser did you find yourself in Team I Dream of Jeannie or Team Bewitched ?Bewitched arrived first, beginning in 1964 and running for eight seasons until 1972. I Dream of...
View ArticleTop 10 decade defining shows of the 1960s. You decide.
Television can define a decade, or is defined by a decade.Looking back at a decade we can tell a lot about it by what was on television at the time.What groundbreaking shows were on during the 60s that...
View ArticleMillennials Aren't Entirely at Fault for Today's Problems!
This might seem like it’s coming out of nowhere today but what I’ve heard and read over time is burning me right up, so I’ve got to vent. This entry is not directed towards those who have and...
View ArticleQuestion of the night: What is your favorite Twilight Zone episode?
The New York Post listed what they think is their top 10 Twilight Zone episodes of all times, and I think for the most part it is a pretty good list.Their list is, in no particular order:1. A Game of...
View ArticleSong game: Starting with the song I give, go in alphabetical order of 1960s...
I am going to start with a song that starts with the letter T. Your next option is to submit a song that starts with the letter U, and then V, etc. until we end up back at the letter T… the only rule...
View ArticleWhat is your favorite Beatles song?
I sometimes regret growing up when I did. Don’t get me wrong I absolutely love 80s music. New Wave is my favorite genre and I’ve been to so many New Wave concerts and own so many LPs/45s/tapes of the...
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THIS SAYS "DYSTOPIA," NOT "GREAT AGAIN" TO ME. AMERICA, I'M QUITTING YOU.
The House is set to vote on the diabolical GOP health care plan on Thursday. I noticed they're not calling it "The Greatest Healthcare Plan in the World" anymore.I'm amazed anyone of any ideology would...
View ArticlePhil Ochs Musical and Lyrical Sophistication
While I keep finding more and more reason to find Phil Och’s songs almost eerily prescient about the contemporary situation (he died in 1976), I have written elsewhere about seeing him when I was a...
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LBJ Launches Medicare: ‘You Can't Treat Grandma This Way’
Watching the craziness in the Senate this week, as Mitch McConnell and the GOP’s zealots drove their clown car into a brick wall and yet another effort to take away health care coverage from millions...
View ArticleNeed a fun break. Post a video of your current favorite 1960s song.
I was born in the 1960s… woo hoo.Ok, to be technical I was born in 1969 but still, that counts as the 60s, right? right?Anyway I love a lot of 1960s music and although my favorite changes on a daily...
View ArticleCharles Manson Murderers Are After Us
The death of Charles Manson's has rekindled memories in me of that time. I was 15 then, “camping out” unsupervised at a friend’s cabin with five other girls the winter after the August 1969 slaying of...
View ArticleYour favorite comedy of the 1960s?
Here is a list of comedy movies from the 1960s….if you need some prompting. :)My favorite far and away is The Producers. I have no interest in seeing the remake as I love the original and I am sure I...
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