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In the New Yorker...
Front-Ranger:
You're right that Reagan went through ups and downs in popularity. I think your father was a newspaper man, wasn't he? Reagan was definitely not in the camp of the intellectuals. But for my father, who wanted to go to university but was called home to help on the farm when the Depression hit, Reagan was the model of the successful man despite little higher education.
Another person he respected was Hemingway but was shocked by his downward trajectory. He went to see the movie The Old Man and the Sea and swore that he would never go to the cinema again after that. He stuck to television Westerns with no tragic themes.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 07, 2024, 06:37:35 pm ---You're right that Reagan went through ups and downs in popularity. I think your father was a newspaper man, wasn't he?
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My dad worked in advertising, wrote CEO speeches and did other brand-promoting kinds of things for Honeywell, which was then based in Minneapolis and a bigger company than it is today.
(My mom also worked in advertising; my grandfather was a newspaper editor.)
--- Quote ---Another person he respected was Hemingway but was shocked by his downward trajectory. He went to see the movie The Old Man and the Sea and swore that he would never go to the cinema again after that. He stuck to television Westerns with no tragic themes.
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I don't know who my dad respected per se aside from some writers he liked, mostly comedic writers like Kingsley Amis or light mystery writers like Raymond Carver and Rex Stout. I do have a very vivid memory of me sitting there watching TV when suddenly the show was interrupted for a special report that Martin Luther King had been assassinated. My dad overheard and ran to the TV in horror. I, at the time, had never heard of MLK, so his strong reaction lodged in my memory.
Jeff Wrangler:
I never thought I'd say this, but you can skip Jill Lepore's article in the Oct. 7 issue; it's BORING. On the other hand, I found Hannah Goldfield's article amusing.
Front-Ranger:
I thought of you when I started to read Elizabeth Kolbert's article on the end of the ice. I think I'm going to have to read it in small doses.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 09, 2024, 09:31:42 am ---I thought of you when I started to read Elizabeth Kolbert's article on the end of the ice. I think I'm going to have to read it in small doses.
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Which issue is that one in? Sounds vaguely familiar. She has one about rats in Oct. 7.
I just started the one on social media and harm to teenagers (Oct. 7). :(
I am procrastinating reading the one about Trump and union members--but I will read it, :(
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