I have spent the last two weeks in a Vietnam of the mind, watching the latest Ken Burns documentary. I’d like to say it brought the era back to life or that I learned a lot, but the indelible mark … Continue reading
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Last week, PBS rebroadcast Ken Burns’ “The Civil War,” twenty-five years after its premier. Once again I was hooked by probably the greatest documentary ever made, a meditation on our history that every citizen ought to be exposed to. When … Continue reading
At the close of Thursday’s episode, my wife opines that every American should be required to watched the latest series by Ken Burns, “The Roosevelts: An Intimate Portrait.” Conservatives would doubtless feel that such a blatantly tyrannical, socialistic, nanny-state intrusion … Continue reading