The audience is supposed to take him and his work seriously. Part of the nostalgic hook of Mad Men goes beyond the look and feel of the 1960s; the show also transports us back to a time when irony wasn’t quite as rampant, when cultural messages, including advertisements, were to the point. Perhaps audiences accept Don’s genius because it’s comforting to revisit a time when irony wasn’t quite as common.
Only a few days until Sunday.
We are only a few weeks away from the 2016 general election. Unless the polls are fundamentally wrong, Donald Trump will lose, and he will lose by a significant margin. Trump and the movement he represents will go down to ignominious defeat. I am no fan of Hillary Clinton. I
After defeating the British in the Revolutionary War, General George Washington almost certainly could have seized control, and made himself dictator. Washington was revered, the Continental Congress was weak, and the argument that the colonies needed the stable leadership of a tested leader in the post-war period would have
The United States is a country founded on ideas. Ethnicity and religion are not what have bonded us from our founding. It is the fundamental ideas expressed in our Declaration of Independence, and in our fight for independence, that run through our country’s history. Our founding set forth that
“Free” electric vehicle chargers are an excellent example of what happens when valuable resources are priced at zero: The bad moods stem from the challenges drivers face finding recharging spots for their battery-powered cars. Unlike gas stations, charging stations are not yet in great supply, and that has led
