Richard Kreitner
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisDecember 21, 2015
December 21, 1892: Rebecca West Is Born
“Pleasure is not arbitrary; it is the sign by which the human organization shows that it is performing a function which it finds appropriate to its means and ends.”
Richard Kreitner
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FictionDecember 20, 2015
December 20, 1968: John Steinbeck Dies
“I have no doubt that, being human, he enjoys praise, but he has consistently shunned the mechanics and functionaries of publicity.”
Richard Kreitner
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PoliticsDecember 19, 2015
December 19, 1968: Norman Thomas Dies
“There is little glory in what he is doing. But Thomas is having a magnificent time. He is doing what he wants to do and doing it well.”
Richard Kreitner
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PoliticsDecember 18, 2015
December 18, 1878: Joseph Stalin Is Born
“A good friend might advise Stalin to put a stop to the orgy of personal glorification which has been permitted to sweep the country.”
Richard Kreitner
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Nuclear Arms and ProliferationDecember 17, 2015
December 17, 1938: Otto Hahn Discovers Nuclear Fission, the Basis for the Atom Bomb
“The remarkable work of atomic scientists is benefiting mankind in a thousand ways, and the inspiring fact is that this work has only begun.”
Richard Kreitner
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisDecember 16, 2015
December 16, 1901: Margaret Mead Is Born
“The Samoan girl leads a busy, unconscious existence in which impulse and duty appear to play pleasantly correlative roles.”
Richard Kreitner
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisDecember 15, 2015
December 15, 2011: Christopher Hitchens Dies
“Posterity is unlikely to deal kindly with his willingness to be a singer in the camp of George W. Bush.”
Richard Kreitner
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Guns and Gun ControlDecember 14, 2015
December 14, 2012: Shooter Kills 26, Most of Them Children, at Sandy Hook Elementary
“Whatever the solutions, the problem is clear—and that should be more than enough reason for change.”
Richard Kreitner
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Armed ConflictsDecember 13, 2015
December 13, 2003: Saddam Hussein Is Captured
“Neither the overthrow of the Baathist regime nor Saddam’s capture can erase the fact that Washington helped prop up Saddam for years.”
Richard Kreitner
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Election 2000December 12, 2015
December 12, 2000: In ‘Bush v. Gore,’ the Supreme Court Gives the Presidential Election to George W. Bush
“Power is a mighty temptation. Money is another. Put the two together, and you have a force to reckon with.”
Richard Kreitner