Posts Tagged ‘United States’
July 2, 2013
“America the Beautiful” should be the national anthem: Katherine Bates’ words, published in 1910 (and originally titled, “Pikes Peak”), are truly patriotic in the best sense of the word–an expression of love for country and the joy it brings to its inhabitants. The Star Spangled Banner is eminently unsingable and often referred to […]
Posted in Patriotism |
Tags: America the Beautiful, anger management, Arthur Fiedler, Bruce Springstein, civil discourse, Dolly Parton, God, Independence Day, Jay Z, jingoism, Norman Thomas, Star Spangled Banner, super-patriotism, Tschaikovsky, United States
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March 1, 2011
Many of us weren’t born when this nonsense started–meaning, the Academy Awards and the slavish adoration of people with otherwise messed-up lives who have a talent for appearing normal, even heroic, on a silver screen. This bears saying again: the obsession with celebrity is our way of re-creating a royalty that was briefly sacrificed by […]
Posted in Pop Culture |
Tags: 83rd Oscars, Academy Award, Anne Hathaway, Colin Firth, James Franco, Kirk Douglas, Mike Douglas, Sandra Bullock, United States, Vince Lombardi
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December 16, 2010
For those who love wars, there’s always room for one more, and now it’s said that one’s been declared against Christmas by those who don’t believe in or celebrate it. I thought the latter were merely stating their own preferences, but Fox News, eager to push people into a fight, has made this a priority, […]
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, Social Issues |
Tags: "New Athiests", Baby Jesus, Christmas, Hanukkah, Holiday greetings, Holidays, Kwanzaa, Oliver Cromwell, Opinions, Religion in America, Santa Claus, United States
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October 22, 2010
In this ridiculous political climate, attacks focus not only on the President, but his wife and his religion. First Ladies usually are immune from public criticism, unless they’re Democrats, of course. Hillary Clinton did nothing wrong but when her hubby was found to be a cad, somehow she was considered party to it. Michele Obama […]
Posted in Politics, Social Issues |
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jeremiah Wright, Oval Office, Pat Nixon, Ronald Reagan, United States
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October 14, 2010
If ever the American electorate went mad, this is the moment. People have scoured the past for prior insanity but came up short. The 1960s were close, considering Vietnam, the Nixon era and Watergate, not to forget the Generation Gap, a renewal of the Civil War’s “father against son, brother against brother”–not to mention the […]
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture |
Tags: CBS News, Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Daily Show, Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, United States
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Ichabod's Kin 