Tag Archives: Herbert Hoover

tunnel to the future

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Dave

..Limbaugh read from a Washington Post blog post that reported Fluke had been interested in contraceptive coverage even before she enrolled at Georgetown. Because of this, Limbaugh declared, “She’s a plant — an anti-Catholic plant from the get-go on this.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged alfred e. smith, alfred e. smith presidential candidate 1928, babe ruth, babe ruth al smith supporter, Herbert Hoover, james cannon, Jim Howard, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Houston Ministries, Ken Burns, ken burns prohibition, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Martin Buber, religious socialism, rick santorum, Rush Limbaugh | Leave a comment

brother can you spare a dime?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Dave

The Great Depression ended in every film. If it ever existed. Yes we could thank Shirley Temple for that. The great template that the American entertainment complex gave us, and keeps on giving us. To learn to love kids, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged charles sellon, Edward Bernays, eleanor roosevelt, fred bojangles robinson, gifford and young, Herbert Hoover, J.P. Morgan, jaime diamond, james jimmy dunn, Pecora Commission, shirley temple, shirley temple curly top, Sigmund Freud, Thorstein Veblen, Walter Lippman, William Wellman | Leave a comment

america the brave: toga party on the potomac?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Dave

Is America a country on the precipice before the fall? Is America in decline and a decadent society and how anxious should that make us? There is no better example of framing an answer than to begin by comprehending the … Continue reading →