“Nostalgia is death” always sounded pretty harsh. Bob Dylan made that pronouncement during a newspaper interview in 1991. He meant that he did not wish to be defined by the music of his past, or to dwell on it, no matter how much his fans wanted to hear it. When you stop focusing on the … Continue reading Dusting off memories
Domestic Policy: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Now what?
Can we agree that there are too many commemorative T-shirts in the world? My theater group is a purveyor of T-shirts — “Dad,” my daughter said, “you gotta sell merch!” — but I recognize that a lot of people have had their fill of T-shirts and have declared an indefinite moratorium on buying them. Many … Continue reading Domestic Policy: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Now what?
Dan Rodricks 