Hollywood and the Culture of War

Having come of age in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I still find myself having many of those famous Second Thoughts popularized by David Horowitz (though I arrived at a different destination). To many of my generation, this reconsideration is seen as anything from unnecessary to bewildering.  Most of the American public seems to share this attitude, hence it’s no wonder that the effects of bad foreign and economic policy continue. Congressman Charles Rangel (D, NY) recently proposed resurrecting the military draft.  It’s a silly idea, but it reveals the current level of desperation among pacifists to stop the … Continue reading Hollywood and the Culture of War