Tag Archives: United States

FORA-TV: Peter Coyote- ‘Sleeping Where I Fall: Where The Counter-Culture Prevails’

Source:FORA-TV– Hollywood actor, political activist, and lifelong Hippie Peter Coyote, talking about the Counter Culture in 2009. “Actor and activist Peter Coyote describes important ways in which the 1960’s counterculture succeeded. Despite the movement’s failed political agendas, Coyote explains how … Continue reading

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Jeff Walsh: Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher & Camille Paglia (1995)

Source:Jeff Walsh– Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher and Camille Paglia, in 1995. You can also see this post at Real Life Journal, on Blogger. “Back on his old show (and this was on Comedy Central, before the show even moved to … Continue reading

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From Cult Till Camp: Jayne Mansfield Interview- By Wim Sonneveld

Source:Cult Till Camp– Hollywood Babydoll Jayne Mansfield, being interviewed by Wim Sonneveld in 1957.  “In 1957, Jayne Mansfield came to the Netherlands to promote her movie “Will success spoil Rock Hunter?” (Dutch title “Oh, kus me zo”). She was interviewed … Continue reading

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Daniel J.B. Mitchell: ‘Campus Unrest at UCLA in The Late 1960s’

Source:Daniel J.B. Mitchell– UCLA Professor Angela Davis in the 1960s. “These news clips show the inauguration of Chancellor Charles Young in 1969 despite concerns about student demonstrations. Not long after his inauguration, the chancellor was confronted with the Angela Davis … Continue reading

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Frost/Nixon Interviews: Full Interview About Watergate

I covered this last week, but the White House coverup of Watergate was about ending a story that the Nixon White House thought could explode in their faces. Which was an attempted burglary of Democratic National Headquarters. Even though the … Continue reading

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Jayne Mansfield: ‘Sex Symbol, Playmate, Actress- Interview’

“Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 — June 29, 1967) was an American actress in film, theatre, and television, a nightclub entertainer, a singer, and one of the early Playboy Playmates.” From Jayne Mansfield I think part … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Why Medicare Will Always Need Fixing

“Over the last 14 years, Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate formula—the SGR, which was passed in 1997 as a way to keep Medicare spending growing in line with the economy—has scheduled deep cuts to physician reimbursements on 17 different occasions. On … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Graham K. Brown & Arnim Langer: Lessons From Affirmative Action Around The World

Source:Foreign Affairs Imagine fifty-years ago when the U.S. Government under the Johnson Administration had a federal policy designed to empower racial and ethnic minorities in this country who were stuck in poverty that was built around infrastructure, education and job … Continue reading

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Liberal Values: Ron Chusid: ‘Al Gore As The Liberal Alternative To Hillary Clinton?’

Source:Liberal Values I’ve blogged several times even within the last year that the Democratic Party needs to challenge Hillary Clinton with a center-left liberal challenger. And if Hillary does end up as the Democratic nominee for president, she’ll need that … Continue reading

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Democracy Journal: Robin Marie Averbeck- ‘The History of American Liberalism’

“Rich Yeselson’s essay “What New Left History Gave Us” [Issue #35] is not merely about what New Left historiography did, but what contemporary historians of the liberalism birthed by the New Deal—historians like myself—are currently doing. According to Yeselson, we … Continue reading

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