Patrick J. Buchanan again appears on the scene
He has what I consider to be an outrageous piece in American Conservative of which I am aware only because it was featured among the five best columns of the day in an email I receive from Atlantic Magazine. If you must, you can read Can One Nation Have Two Moralities?.
I past below the comment I offered in response, which I do not know if it will be suppressed - as of my posting this, it is "awaiting moderation"
I past below the comment I offered in response, which I do not know if it will be suppressed - as of my posting this, it is "awaiting moderation"
America has NEVER had one morality, and on this - as on so many other issues - Mr. Buchanan simply does not know American history.Surely as a Catholic of Irish background he should know the history of discrimination against Irish - the signs in Boston that used to say no Irish or dogs need apply - and the forced Protestantization in American public schools that led the Catholic Bishops to establish a separate school system.
Part of our nation saw nothing immoral with enslaving other human beings at the same time we ha
Paul Krugman: "Cheating Our Children"
So, about that fiscal crisis — the one that would, any day now, turn us into Greece. Greece, I tell you: Never mind.By now we know, as Krugman has told us before, and as he uses these words to open this New York Timescolumn, our situation is for lots of reasons totally unlike that of Greece.After referring to the Chicken Little nature of the arguments we have been hearing, we then encounter the following blunt words at the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd paragraphs:
Suddenly, the argument has changed: It’s not about the crisis next month; it’s about the long run, about not cheating our children. The deficit, we’re told, is really a moral issue.There’s just one problem: The new argument is as bad as the old one. Yes, we are cheating our children, but the deficit has nothing to do with it.Please keep reading.
On this day, March 29
in 1981, at the 54th Academy Awards, "Chariots of Fire" won best picture and three other Oscars, including Best Score.
The composer of that score, and of the theme in the opening scene is known as Vangelis, whose real name was Evangelos Papathanassiou, who was celebrating nis 38th birthday, having been bonr 3/29/1943 near Volos. He was also the composer of the scores for Blade Runner; 1492,The Conquest of Paradise; Alexander; and his music was used for the Carl Sagan TV series Cosmos.
The movie takes some creative license with history, but is largely based on historical fact.
The opening scene, with the theme, is one of the most memorable in film history.
Surely worth this brief remembering on this day.
Peace.