Mayo 31, 2008

"Should he be introduced as a Neanderthal man, a bigot, a warmonger, looking out at us from the 19th century?"

Who asked that about whom in 1964?

"They wear high, tight, wight collars, black jackets and what were once known as 'ice cream pants.'" What the hell are ice cream pants? Did people even know that in 1964?

"Unknown Man Commits Suicide." A forlorn headline, from 1899.

Was it "absurd to turn around and start appointing people based on sexual preference" to a public policy committee devoted to the AIDS epidemic? In the Reagan Administration, in 1987.

Imagine arguing that the plan for the New York subway line should be bent eastward so Harlem residents don't flow downtown and unbeautify Central Park West. Some people did, in 1922.

"Will no one weep for the tulips?" Asked in 1939.

A warning that the ghetto law will soon be enforced. Also in 1939.

It's the Reagan Adminstration that's to blame — and never Congress — as the NYT looks at law, taxes, and racism in 1983.

Who is out to get the "carpers, critics and killjoys" and "reactionaries" in 1934?
Ipinaskil ni Ann Althouse sa 9:29 AM
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former law student ayon kay ...

Did people even know [what ice cream pants were] in 1964?

I think they would, or at least should. Ray Bradbury's THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT (later a play, and, ten years ago a movie) appeared in his 1960 short story collection "A Medicine for Melancholy."

5/31/08, 9:53 AM
joewxman ayon kay ...

"Imagine arguing that the plan for the New York subway line should be bent eastward so Harlem residents don't flow downtown and unbeautify Central Park West. Some people did, in 1922."

Robert Moses did that as well when he designed the parkways in this state (NY)where only passenger cars were permitted. No trucks. This was done to keep blacks from coming into the suburbs and gaining access to the beaches on long island.

5/31/08, 5:16 PM
blake ayon kay ...

Well, Bradbury's suit was just a very white suit. (Preternaturally white?)

Is that what "ice cream pants" are?

And shouldn't that be "vanilla pants"? I mean, obviously "mint chip pants" would be something far different.

5/31/08, 11:03 PM

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