Not so lucky for Time readers. More than 20 years later his political take hadn't changed much. It comes because we don't trust anyone. Republican attack politics turned on culture, and suddenly both academe and the arts were full of potential Willie Hortons. Private philanthropy will never be able to restore what seems about to be taken away.
Partial lobotomies work that way.
They favor Beavis and Butt-head. It is perhaps too easy on Memorial Day to think of the holiday as just another long weekend. Easy to forget that a holiday which originated after the Civil War now honors all those Americans who sacrificed their lives in all the wars this nation has fought. It has been a most quiet Memorial Day across the country with people coming together to enjoy cookouts, parades and the great outdoors. So successful, they opened this weekend in what is certain to become the most profitable movie in history.