Howdy Doody was a kids’ show that those of a certain age will remember. It set the template for kids’ shows, in many ways during its run from 1947 to 1960. The pre-1952 Clarabelle the Clown (who never spoke) later became Captain Kangaroo. During that period after World War II, America got into a War in Korea, got out of that war, and, angry and fearful of our former ally, Soviet Russia, we fell into a very dark...
Is the religious right disintegrating? Or is there a “a new generation of evangelical leaders,” who are ”tired of the rancid partisanship,” and they are now “breaking away from the culture wars”? The reach of this new evangelical politics will be tested with the release tomorrow of a statement under the very biblical title “Come Let Us Reason Together.” The question for the future is how many in the evangelical ranks will embrace this call. Organized by Third Way, a...
There was more wingnuttery in the blogosphere on Monday as Malkin’s Screechers set to knocking on doors to pursue smearing a 12-year old Maryland boy named Graeme Frost, who delivered the Democratic radio address two weeks ago. Think Progress reports: Graeme told his story of being involved in a severe car accident three years ago, and having received access to medical care because of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. He said: If it weren’t for CHIP, I might not be here today. … We got...
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