tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post3467209993808993447..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-50950447483027474562012-08-08T12:13:29.293-05:002012-08-08T12:13:29.293-05:00E.J. Graff's article was very interesting and ...E.J. Graff's article was very interesting and I agree with it. The problem, as with all social movements in the United States, is that such fundamental social changes are nearly impossible in America for a variety of reasons. The Feminist movement ran into the same problems as other previous movements seeking fundmental social change in America, America's individualistic ideology and the Madisonian political system. <br /><br /> The fierce individualism in American society always created a hostility towards any sort of solution that could be deemed collectivist. Thats why American feminism ended up being about allowing women to seek power and individual fulfillment than radical changes in American society. Our Madisonian political system prevented things like universal daycare from being implmented. During the late first or early second Nixon administration, Congress passed a bill that would institute universal daycare in the United States. Nixon vetoed it because the proto-Evangelicals did not like it, believing it would weaken the family. <br /><br /> Any sort of movement seeking fundamental social change needs to recognize that the individualist ideology and the Madisonian system are against them. Most have not and suffered as a result.Lee Ratnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139895689217213860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-19075157290419153522012-08-08T11:10:12.946-05:002012-08-08T11:10:12.946-05:00I found myself liking Mrs. Parker quite a bit too ...I found myself liking Mrs. Parker quite a bit too when I saw it recently, even if it does drag a bit towards the end. And The Moderns was a lot of fun.Daniel Linehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335350444357953729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-30166748165483793512012-08-08T10:04:23.808-05:002012-08-08T10:04:23.808-05:00Yeah, I'm not proud of this one: I tried to wa...Yeah, I'm not proud of this one: I tried to watch "Nashville" once and couldn't get through it. I'm pretty sure it was just the mood I was in that day...I've been intending to go back to it, but haven't yet. <br /><br />Rudolph would have been even better if he had been able to poach John Schuck away from Altman, too.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-43847662059428744122012-08-08T09:45:17.922-05:002012-08-08T09:45:17.922-05:00I'm not sure a revived Crossfire would solve t...I'm not sure a revived Crossfire would solve the polarization problem or civilize the tenor of debate, but I do think it could be entertaining and at least slightly more substantive than a lot of what's on cable news these days. Plus there's this great quote from the Ponnuru piece:<br /><br />'Of course, I’m not a professional TV executive. Then again, the professional executives at CNN sank millions into “Parker Spitzer.” Maybe it’s worth listening to someone else. 'Drewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-9572129762649408392012-08-08T09:29:30.510-05:002012-08-08T09:29:30.510-05:00The first thing that comes to mind for me when you...The first thing that comes to mind for me when you say Keith Carradine is "Nashville," in which he's fantastic. I still think of him more as a member of Altman's company than of Alan Rudolph's.TNhttp://www.debris-slide.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com