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During my misspent youth, back when wooly mammoths still walked the Earth, I caught a replay of the Yellow Submarine movie at an indie theatre. It went into production during the Summer of Love, and the film premiered in 1968. One way of regarding the movie is as a framing story to showcase a dozen Beatles songs. (more…)
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The British philosopher C. E. M. Joad (1891-1953) once explained societal decadence as “a sign of man’s tendency to misread his position in the universe, to take a view of his status and prospects more exalted than the facts warrant, and to conduct his societies and to plan his future on the basis of this misreading.” (more…)
You can buy Kerry R. Bolton’s book Generation ’68 here.
You can buy Kerry R. Bolton’s book Generation ’68 here.
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Kerry R. Bolton
Generation ’68: The Elite Revolution and Its Legacy
Allentown, Penn.: Antelope Hill, 2023
A Left-wing freakout took place among students across the world in 1968, most prominently in France, where student protesters occupied universities and factories, clashed with police, and chanted the names of prominent Communists and Leftists: “Marx! Mao! Marcuse!” France’s trade unions went on strikes in sympathy, and the event remains the largest general strike in French history. The protests were so intense that France’s then-President, Charles de Gaulle, briefly left the country. (more…)
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Part 2 of 3 (Part 1 here, Part 3 here)
Rousas John Rushdoony didn’t experience the Armenian Genocide in the strictest sense, but he grew up around many Armenians who had, and it undoubtedly shaped his worldview. R. J. was every bit as intelligent as his father, so he focused on getting an education. It was in Detroit that a teacher encouraged him to become a writer. His father returned to California in 1933 to serve as a pastor in San Francisco, and R. J. completed high school in Kingsburg while living at his parents’ farm. (more…)
Joos van Craesbeeck, The Temptation of St. Anthony (1650)
Joos van Craesbeeck, The Temptation of St. Anthony (1650)
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The New York Times quoted French social critic Jacques Barzun when they defined decadence as the “economic stagnation, institutional decay and cultural and intellectual exhaustion at a high level of material prosperity and technological development,” in a 2020 article entitled “The Age of Decadence.” (more…)
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Jesus Revolution (2023)
Directed by Jon Erwin & Brent McCorkle
Starring Kelsey Grammer, Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, & Anna Grace Barlow
Written by Ellen Vaughn, Greg Laurie, & Jon Gunn
The story in the Book of Acts is unique in that the events described therein have been recreated across many ages, in states that were unborn and accents unknown at the time it was written. (more…)
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Field of Dreams (1989)
Written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson
Starring Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, & Ray Liotta
W. P. Kinsella
Shoeless Joe
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982
The most magical movie of 1989 was the baseball film Field of Dreams, which is based on the 1982 book Shoeless Joe by William Patrick “W. P.” Kinsella (1935-2016). (more…)
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See also: John Wayne
Oh, Almighty God, centuries ago thou raised a magnificent Mission, a harbor for all of peace and freedom. This was the Alamo. Today we ask thy blessing, thy help, and thy protection as once again history is re-lived in this production. We ask that this film, The Alamo, be the World’s most outstanding production. We ask this in the name of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns world without end. Amen. — Invocation recited on the first day of The Alamo’s production (more…)
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Patrick J. Buchanan
Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles that Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever
New York: Crown Forum, 2017
It’s déjà vu all over again, folks. The more things change, the more they stay the same. This is one of the takeaways from this fascinating political memoir by Pat Buchanan, who worked in the Nixon White House as a strategist and speechwriter after serving Candidate Nixon on the campaign trail. (more…)
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If you’re old enough to remember your teacher threading film from a small reel into a projector about the size of a sewing machine, chances are that you’ve seen a few social guidance films. You might remember the deep and authoritative voice-overs which often narrated these flicks. (more…)
Hunter S. Thompson during his time in the Air Force.
Hunter S. Thompson during his time in the Air Force.
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2. What is Gonzo? — High White Notes
“It has finally come home to me that I am not going to be either the Fitzgerald or the Hemingway of this generation . . . I am going to be the Thompson of this generation, and that makes me more nervous than anything else I can think of.” (more…)
