It is hard not to think of Nebraska without thinking of its greatest writer. Here is a marvelous piece by Capote, Remembering Willa Cather . I remember seeing a stage production of O Pioneers! and being deeply moved by its raw emotions. I had read My Antonia before, and soon found myself hooked, like Capote was by the simple elegance of her prose and the way she was able to evoke so many feelings through her characters. Much of it came from the fact that she had lived those experiences herself. Her father dragged the family from Virginia to Nebraska in 1883, when it was still a young state, settling in the town of Red Cloud. named after one of the great Oglala chiefs. Red Cloud was still alive at the time, living on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, in the aftermath of the "Great Sioux Wars" of 1876-77. I don't know whether Cather took any interest in the famous chief, although it is hard to imagine not. Upon his death in 1909, he was eulogi
It's about time that careerist know nothing Republican politicians be put in their place. So very good to see!
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ReplyDeleteWhat an asshole!.Talk about a power trip and his lecturing of a witness.
ReplyDeleteWatching this again and what really amuses me is Young telling Brinkley he lives in an Ivory Tower.This is so laughable from those on the right.What in the hell do Young and others of his Ilk think they are living in?
ReplyDeleteNice to see you back, Bo-Anon. The other thing that gets me is that they rail about government waste. He works for the government! He gets paid by the government. He works for us. That's the point that Brinkley makes that I love.
ReplyDeleteIn the interview I posted from the Ed Show Brinkley says he didn't even bother to come for the testimony. Just stopped in to tell everyone it was garbage. And yet Brinkley is called rude and an example of what is wrong with politics today.
My impression of Brinkley went way up after that.
What a nasty S _ _ ! They talk about rules, yet Don Young is nasty and rude. Aren't there any rules about that?
ReplyDeleteA guy like Don Young always thinks he is the judge and jury when sitting on one of these panels, which makes it especially sweet when someone stands up to him. Brinkley is a great activist, probably moreso than he is an historian.
ReplyDeleteFunny but I was thinking he reminded me of Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean in the Westerner. Bosox
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