Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and other TV shows like it helped young Americans learn what and who to be be afraid of, and most importantly, what our enemies looked like....
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This past weekend in a review of Natalie Angier's new book Steven Pinker wrote something I'd like to share with you (below the fold):
A baby sucks on a pencil and her panicky mother fears the child will get lead poisoning. A politician argues that hydrogen can replace fossil fuels as our nation's…
A few weeks ago, I reported on Falwell's blatant lie on TV that his ministry had never lost its tax exempt status in the past. When Barry Lynn brought it up, Falwell sputtered:
"Never. Never. Not one minute. Not one second. You are wrong. Never one second did we lose our tax exemption."
I posted…
Apologies for being a day late on this. It's been a busy weekend, but things are settling down again.
We start out with an open invitation from John B. of Blog Meridian. He'll be bringing some of his students up from Wichita to visit the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum on Saturday, March 3. He'll be…
I'm writing some things that are more unruly than usual. I'm also sleeping 12 hours a day for very good medical reasons. Rumors that I am addicted to Hulu are completely incorrect, although I did enjoy watching the maiden voyage of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea last night.
You must watch this…
When you work your way through Voyage to the Bottom of Sea, I hope you realize that I Spy is on Hulu. Cold War politics plus Johnson-era race relations. Probably the heaviest Cold War show on TV at the time.
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