Back when Miss Jean Brodie was in her prime, sending our idealistic youth to take up arms in strange lands in defense of lost causes was reason to rejoice. We were still producing romantic political heroes. And that was good news for American "progressives" of the u201830's. The brigade of American volunteers fighting fascism in Spain also produced a cottage industry in the entertainment realm, garnering Pulitzer Prizes, fiction book awards, and Oscars. It enriched politically conscious artists, from Pablo Picasso to Gary Cooper. Somehow the aspect of it being a lost cause only added to the romantic grandeur. Poor … Continue reading A Cheer and a Half for John Walker Lindh