The Long View From 1964

The Long View From 1964 is political commentary for the Americans who can’t find their checkbox. Not Democrat. Not Republican. Just honest analysis from someone who has watched the whole arc — from Superman and the American Way to gilded bunkers and Walmart rejects with guns. Where we’ve been, where we are, and where we might still go. These articles from that perspective.

I was born in 1946, World War II was over, but the consequences were well established..

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Different Strokes — How Many Chips Do You Want? – Video

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How many chips do you want? And while I'm telling you what I'm looking for in the next president, there's one more thing. I want a team from day one. Not a successor chosen in

Different Strokes — How Many Chips Do You Want?

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How many chips do you want? And while I'm telling you what I'm looking for in the next president, there's one more thing. I want a team from day one. Not a successor chosen in

The Greatest Show On Earth — Sorry Trump, Your Flatulence Still Stinks – Video

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Make your decisions with thought. Because whoever walks into the White House next walks in carrying way too much inherited power, and must be honestly, genuinely willing to give a lot of it back for

The Greatest Show On Earth — Sorry Trump, Your Flatulence Still Stinks

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Make your decisions with thought. Because whoever walks into the White House next walks in carrying way too much inherited power, and must be honestly, genuinely willing to give a lot of it back for

The Only War Story He Ever Told, From The Long View From 1964 – Video

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After he passed away, going through everything — laying out the Colonel's uniform, coming across the Bronze Star, the Purple Hearts, the commendations — having died from being Army Intelligence and White Sands Testing. It

The Only War Story He Ever Told, From The Long View From 1964

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After he passed away, going through everything — laying out the Colonel's uniform, coming across the Bronze Star, the Purple Hearts, the commendations — having died from being Army Intelligence and White Sands Testing. It

They must be commies, or my middle name isn’t McCarthy

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Director calls, "Cut, that's a wrap." Producer asks, "Well, do you think the sheep will buy it?" The check writer answers, "Sure, why not, they bought everything else so far."

What Do We Need? (A Question Asked Mid-Toke)

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This is a post that's going to take on many forms in the months ahead. All I really want to accomplish today is getting you to start asking the same question I'm asking, what do

The Long View From 1964 – 23 and Me

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You can post a photo to your profile on those sites. And I keep finding more and more second and third cousins with really, really dark tans. Maybe that should be a requirement for the

The Ash Didn’t Disappear

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From the Author of The Long View From 1964 I walked through Dachau at seven years old. The ash was still there. I am still here too. And I remember everything.

A War Being Run By the Second String

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From the Author of The Long View From 1964 The first string was either fired or asked to resign. What we have left is the second string. At best.

The Long View From 1964 – Superman

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Back to Superman, because that's what this is all about. Truth, Justice and the American Way. Straight from the 1940's comic books So I ask you — by today's standards, what is the American Way?

The Long View From 1964 – Maybe Just Listen

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So yes. You have to make mistakes to learn. You have to touch something hot to understand burns. You have to get things wrong before you understand what right costs. But the secret — the

The Long View From 1964 – The Checkbox Problem

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There is no party infrastructure, no primary, no institutional home for the person who looks at both options and says — honestly, clearly, without drama — neither of these fits. The labels don't fit anymore.

1776 — The Number That Tells You Everything

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But we have already established in this country that fair elections and accepted elections are not always the same thing. I have a sinking feeling we will find ourselves watching Second String Donny screaming foul

The Long View From 1964 – The Land Moved While You Slept

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The donkey and the elephant. I'm not sure either animal still exists in any form I recognize. What replaced them nobody has named yet.

The Fastest Gun Alive — A Case for the Second Amendment

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From the Author of The Long View From 1964 The Second Amendment was never about Vinney the desperado riding into town looking for a fight. It was never about bravado or immunity or masks or

The Long View From 1964 – How I tried to Save America

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Same work scenario, same house, same need for caffeine, same TV and why is that big plane flying to those buildings. I didn't have a clue to what was unfolding, I just turned on, you

 

 

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