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Plato Shrugs: ‘Ideology Post Trump: Where Do We Go From Here?’
Source:The New Democrat “Ideological turmoil in America has reached unprecedented heights. With conservatives falling into the unfalsifiable throws of populism and Liberals fetishizing 1960 solutions to 2020 problems, both appear lost in moving through the 21st century. What comes after Trump for the populist? What comes after liberals fail yet again to implement a child’s […]
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David Hoffman: ‘This Ordinary Man Didn’t Get The Sexual Revolution’
Source:The New Democrat “My subscribers have been asking me to, on occasion, post a complete interview without edits. This is one. The person asking the questions is my co-executive producer on my television series on the 1960s. The interview was … Continue reading
ACLU: A Supreme Court Fight For Students Free Speech Rights- The Story of John and Mary Beth Tinker
Source:The New Democrat If you look at American political culture from the 1960s and 70s, they have a lot of things in common with the Millennial’s today in the sense that they both have serious leanings on the Left ( … Continue reading
Posted in Free Speech
Tagged America, Baby Boom, Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Censorship, Center Left, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Des Moines, Fascism, First Amendment, Free Choice, Free Speech, Freedom of Choice, Freedom of Speech, Individualism, Iowa, John Tinker, Liberalism, Liberals, Mary Beth Tinker, Personal Autonomy, Personal Choice, Personal Freedom, Political Correctness, The 1960s, Tinker V. Des Moines, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam War
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Salon: Timothy Denevi- Hunter S. Thompson in Chicago, 1968: ‘The Battle For The Democratic Party’s Soul’
Source: The New Democrat If 1967 was the summer of love, then 1968 was the summer of discontentment, revolution, upheaval, whatever other big words that you prefer to voice a national unhappiness with the country and how things were going. … Continue reading
Posted in New Left
Tagged 1968, 1968 Democratic National Convention, 1968 Presidential Election, America, Baby Boom, Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Chicago, Democratic Party, Far Left, George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, Hunter S. Thompson, Hunter Thompson, Illinois, New Left, Richard Nixon, Socialism, Socialists, Summer of 68, The 1960s, Timothy Denevi, United States
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Anders Jacobson: George Carlin- On Some Cultural Issues
Source: The New Democrat I like George Carlin’s point about motivation because it would be one thing if you had someone advising to do the right thing because of these reasons and they know what they’re talking about because they … Continue reading
Posted in George Carlin
Tagged America, American Voters, Assholes, Baby Boom, Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Celebrity Culture, Celebrity News, Collectivism, Collectivists, Comedy, Faddism, Faddists, George Carlin, George Carlin HBO Special, HBO, Hollywood, Idiots, Morons, Motivation, Politicians, Reality TV, Religion, Satire, Stupid People, Stupidity, United States, Voters
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CNN: Special Preview- The Radical Story of Patty Hearst: Story of The Symbionese Liberation Army
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I believe to understand the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army, you have to understand the 1970s especially the early and mid 1970s. I don’t want to … Continue reading
Posted in New Left
Tagged America, Baby Boom, Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Berkeley, Berkeley California, California, Communism, Communist Revolutionaries, Communists, Far Left, Jeffrey Toobin, Marxism, Marxist Revolutionaries, Marxists, New Left, Patricia Hearst, Patty Hearst, Randolph Hearst, Socialism, Socialists, Symbionese Liberation Army, Terrorism, Terrorists, The 1970s, The Radical Story of Patty Hearst, United States
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Newsweek: Opinion- David Friend: Before Donald Trump Was President, Online Sex Videos, Bill Clinton & The Naughty 90s Changed America
Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review Now that I think about it and this Newsweek article that was written by David Friend contributed to it and even though he didn’t argue this himself, but the more … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged America, American Politics, Baby Boom, Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Bill Clinton, Celebrity Culture, Celebrity News, Cultural War, David Friend, Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich, O.J. Simpson, Political Scandals, Politics, Sex Scandals, Tabloid News, The 1990s, United States
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Vanity Fair: Rich Cohen: ‘Why Generation X Might Be Our Last, Best Hope’
Source:The Daily Review “Demographics are destiny. We grew up in the world and mind of the baby-boomers simply because there were so many of them. They were the biggest, easiest, most free-spending market the planet had ever known. What they … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged America, Baby Boom, Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen-Xers, Generation X, Jane Pauley, Millenial Generation, Millennial's, National Geographic, National Geographic Channel, NBC News, NBC Nightly News, Rich Cohen, The 1960s, The 1970s, The 1980s, United States
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Associated Press: Lynne Hollander-Savio- Berkley’s Campus Free Speech Movement at 50
Source: This piece was originally posted The Daily Review: Associated Press: Lynne Hollander-Savio- Berkley’s Campus Free Speech Movement at 50 The Millennial’s today who are still in college, the so-called Social Justice Warriors who want to establish their form of … Continue reading
Posted in Free Speech
Tagged Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Berkley, California Berkley, California University, Censorship, Fascism, Fascists, First Amendment, Free Expression, Free Speech, Free Speech Movement, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Hippie Movement, Hippies, Lynne Hollander Salvio, Political Correctness, The 1960s
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Fora-TV: Peter Coyote- Sleeping Where I Fall: Where The Counterculture Prevails
Source: Fora-TV: Peter Coyote- Where The Counterculture Prevails I think Peter Coyote hit on the head so to speak and I’m not sure what I can add to it. Other than to point out why I believe he is right. If … Continue reading
FORA-TV: Brian Doherty- ‘1960s Counterculture and Libertarianism’
Source:FORA-TV– Reason Magazine editor Brian Doherty, at Cody’s Books in Berkeley, California talking about his book. “Reason Magazine Senior Editor Brian Doherty discusses the eccentric founders of the Innovator, a counterculture libertarian zine from the 1960’s. Brian Doherty considers “Radicals … Continue reading
Posted in Book TV
Tagged America, Baby Boom, Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Berkeley, Brian Doherty, California, Cody's Books, Counter-Culture, Hippie Culture, Hippie Movement, Hippies, Libertarian Party, Libertarianism, Libertarians, Milton Friedman, Reason, Reason Magazine, Ron Paul, The 1960s, United States
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