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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The Long View From 1964 – The Newsboy CapWe didn't just lose the newspaper. We lost the commons it created. Oh, I would love a basket of Ol' English Fish and Chips with a bottle of malt vinegar right now. The Long View From 1964 – The Saucepan HatThe voters that scare me are the sheep. Here is how to vote, do it this way because I told you to. That is what keeps me up at night. Those are people with unfertilized The Long View From 1964 – Where is AnywhereThat's what this series has been. Not solutions. Not a platform. Not a party. Just someone who has been paying attention since 1964 sitting with the question honestly and refusing the checkboxes that don't fit. The Long View From 1964 – The Road and The Ground Beneath ItThat is not a rhetorical question. It is the most practical question anyone can ask right now. Seeds need ground. Ground needs memory. Memory needs honesty. We are running out of all three. The Long View From 1964 – How I tried to Save AmericaSame 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 The Fastest Gun Alive — A Case for the Second AmendmentFrom 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 – The Land Moved While You SleptThe donkey and the elephant. I'm not sure either animal still exists in any form I recognize. What replaced them nobody has named yet. 1776 — The Number That Tells You EverythingBut 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 Checkbox ProblemThere 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. |
The Long View From 1964 – The Road and The Ground Beneath ItThat is not a rhetorical question. It is the most practical question anyone can ask right now. Seeds need ground. Ground needs memory. Memory needs honesty. We are running out of all three. The Long View From 1964 – Where is AnywhereThat's what this series has been. Not solutions. Not a platform. Not a party. Just someone who has been paying attention since 1964 sitting with the question honestly and refusing the checkboxes that don't fit. The Long View From 1964 – The Saucepan HatThe voters that scare me are the sheep. Here is how to vote, do it this way because I told you to. That is what keeps me up at night. Those are people with unfertilized The Long View From 1964 – The Newsboy CapWe didn't just lose the newspaper. We lost the commons it created. Oh, I would love a basket of Ol' English Fish and Chips with a bottle of malt vinegar right now. The Long View From 1964 – 23 and MeYou 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 What Do We Need? (A Question Asked Mid-Toke)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 They must be commies, or my middle name isn’t McCarthyDirector 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." The Only War Story He Ever Told, From The Long View From 1964After 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 – VideoAfter 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 |
