Summary: Each year we send 200+ million letters to Congress. What does Congress do with them? What’s the result? Is there a better way to help guide the Republic? Repeated failures show the answers, and point the way to a better future. (1st of 2 posts today} “Man is by nature a political animal.” — …
We emailed Congress but lost on the TPP (again). Let’s try something different. Read More »
Summary: Today we have film critic Locke Peterseim’s review of The Lone Ranger, showing the new paradigm of American entertainment: we go to the theater to see spectacles, not films. It works for us in New America, since even simple films were too deep for us — all those plots, character development, and so forth. …
“The Lone Ranger” shows Hollywood’s new paradigm, since films were too deep for us Read More »
Summary: Hollywood projects our dreams and fears on the big screen. Studying films gives us perspective on ourselves.. Today we look at “The Lone Ranger”. . . “The Lone Ranger” is a powerful movie whose incoherence reveals much about America. First, it shows (as do so many movies) our discomfort with heroes. Rather than make …
