Title

The things that matter most.

Description

Thomas traces current current social problems to the cultural changes of the 1960s.

Identifier

2500127

60170832

Creator

Thomas, Cal

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1994

Program air date: July 10, 1994.

Publisher

HarperCollins

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: Turn off TV p. 66. Unemployment clerk in 60's p. 125. 60s. Carl Sagan. Underlinings/notes: Underlinings include author's focus on 60s generation's failed promises--Abbie Hoffman--"God is dead and we did it for the kids," $3.5 trillion social experiment, single-parent families, domestic partnerships, comparison of offensive language in rap to Marge Schott's racism in a private conversation. Lamb underscores issues of freedom of speech, violence in music, drug/alcohol use, sex, "age of anxiety," natural law, poverty, education. Notes: "Clinton," "Drugs," "McGovern," "Hilary," " infidelity," "Marriage," "Elite set American agenda," "moral compass," "Goya's female nudes--what's the difference from Playboy," "TV network," "Clarence Thomas,." "Larry Tribe," "modern age," "ask not," "abortion."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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