BAYLOR: Mourning in America, circa 1984
... It was one of those years — strike that; it was one of those decades. Whenever I was in my cups, that comfortably numb region conducive for enduring brain-dead patriotic platitudes and acute disgust with condescending Falwellian theocrats, and while toiling multiple jobs to accumulate enough money to travel somewhere in the world more civilized, I’d grimace, stare balefully at the date, and rationalize: Just four more years.
New Albany is a state of mind … but whose? Since 2004, we’ve been observing the contemporary scene in this slowly awakening old river town. If it’s true that a pre-digital stopped clock is right twice a day, when will New Albany learn to tell time?
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Today's Tribune column: "Mourning in America, circa 1984."
Just think of the progress we've made. This year, I can drink Elector.
Thanks, friend.
ReplyDeleteOn a day where I'm struggling to return to the productive and hale, this was indeed a boost.