Parents- Missing in Action….MIA

The grandchildren of the “me” generation have one refrain. “I want to do what I want, when I want, and I want it now!” First fermented in the home of the upper class, this seed of contempt was first seen in the “me generation” of the 1950’s. Thus started the slippery slope. The generation I [...]

Pop Culture WHORES trumping Culture! –

The pop culture fashion,  men wearing striped suits, plaid shirts, and a polka dot tie, no memory of yesterday, no tradition that cuture breeds, just today’s self-gratification dejeur, should remember you don’t mix stripes and plaids, never mind adding polka dots.  Culture would preclude the need for this lesson. Culture understood is perspective gained.  More [...]

Culture vs. POP culture! Are we NUTs or what?!?!?

To understand one’s culture you must know your history. Well we all know that the understanding of History takes work.  Remember Venuti’s Maxim, “Work is when you prefer to do something else.”  So, lets not work at knowing our History, realizing our culture….instead, like the children we are, lets talk about POPculture. Celebrities, hollywood, the [...]