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Brief Bibliography the Hays Code, etc
There are a lot of books and articles regarding Hollywood and censorship, including a fair number about, more spefically the Hays Code itself. Here are a few varying samples and suggestions Gilbert, Nora, “Better Left Unsaid: Victorian Novels, Hays Code Films and the Benefits of Censorship” Bernstein, Matthew, editor, “Controling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in…
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Biden’s Critics
This will be a short, somewhat angry post. It is the result, mostly, of watching the reaction of both media members and political leaders to the President’s visits with the leaders of Israel and Saudi Arabia. I happen to like Joe Biden. I was for him from day one of the campaign and therefore did…
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The Supreme Court, the Hearings and the voters
I am taking a brIef break from the Hays issue to respond briefly to what I have been seeing(and hearing)on television. This mostly related to guns, attempting to bring about a coup, and Roe V Wade. My questions are 1) What does this mean for each of our parties? 2) What will be the effect…
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`The Hays Office, the movies and the censorship issue- Part II
When we left it, the Hays Code was pretty much at the height of its power. This was the 1930’s and 1940’s and though I mentioned a film or two from later, I didn’t go much beyond that time. After WWII it was a different world, just about all around the globe and certainly in…
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Leave or change–the filibuster & the electoral college
Compared to my reflection on the Primaries this one will be fairly short. I wish to discuss these two topics because they are much in the news, at least sporadically, and I think the public discussion of them has been over-simplified. Politicians, editorial writers and others just shouting/writing “Dump It” or “Keep It” seems…
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How we got here–contemporary USA, 1980-present
It appears to me that we have reached the turning point in our quest. Though one could make arguments for earlier or later depending upon the criteria and the interpretation, I will stick with my original idea that the 1976 election was the election where the primaries importance became truly “Primary,” though not exclusive. Jimmy…
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How we got here–the(more or less)midentury primaries
The 1920’s brought serious changes to the society and the world and this included the US Primary system. In the 3 elections of the decade the old, boss-run system produced, for the GOP, candidates, Warren G Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. For the Dems in was Ohio Gov James Cox, WV millionaire John W…
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How we got here–early primaries
My early efforts convinced me that I could not do both my comparison of older and newer ways of picking Presidential candidates and my study of older and newer movies in one blog. In fact, it may take several–depends on how wordy I get. I will try not to be unduly prolific as I wish…
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Saturday thoughts
It is ironic that I chose this time to start a blog. I meant it to offer an opportunity to share some things I had long considered and maybe some new ones. I had no idea I might wind up starting at the time of a terrible world crisis. Here I am all the same…
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