Much is being made about the lack of government experience among several of Donald Trump’s cabinet selections and White House staff. Ironically, I believe that should be the least of the president-elect’s concerns. In “Donald Trump’s Cabinet Is On Track To Be the Least Experienced in Modern History” (Huffington Post, November 24, 2016), former … Read more
As a political science major in 1969, I was intrigued by Joe McGinniss’ The Selling of the President 1968 which chronicled how marketers packaged and sold the “new Nixon” to the American public. Their task was not an easy one. A bitter, angry Richard Nixon had temporarily departed the political scene in 1962 following his defeat to … Read more
Welcome back. The second installment is based on quotes ranked 51 through 100 by the American Film Institute. #52 You had me at “hello.” (Jerry Maguire, 1996) The alt-right movement explains when they knew they had a champion in Donald Trump. #53 One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got … Read more
Welcome to a brief recap of the 2016 election based on many of the America Film Institute’s “100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time.” I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. The format for each quote includes AFI ranking, the quote, movie and year and the situation in … Read more
It should come as no surprise Donald Trump’s favorite movie is the 1941 Orson Wells classic Citizen Kane. In a 1998 review, critic Roger Ebert opens with the following. “I don’t think any word can explain a man’s life,” says one of the searchers through the warehouse of treasures left behind by Charles Foster Kane. … Read more