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The End of the Suburbs
In her important book, The End of the Suburbs, Fortune magazine co-editor Leigh Gallagher sums up a phenom that we never...
UncategorizedRonald SklarJanuary 5, 2014 -
Everything’s Coming Up Profits!
We now have front-row-center seats to one of the great forgotten phenoms of 20th century culture: industrial musicals!
UncategorizedRonald SklarNovember 27, 2013 -
Wonder of Wonders!
The perfect match! How Fiddler on the Roof became a tradition.
UncategorizedRonald SklarNovember 25, 2013 -
Dan Cortese in the Extreme
When The Modern last fist-bumped Dan Cortese, he had expertly landed feet-first in gold.
UncategorizedRonald SklarOctober 24, 2013 -
Swastika Nation: Can It Happen Again?
Fritz Kuhn was no Cary Grant, but in the years leading up to World War II, he somehow garnered up enough...
PastRonald SklarOctober 24, 2013 -
Contested Waters
Americans’ long and sweaty love affair with municipal swimming pools is on the wane, but it’s left behind a sort of...
PastRonald SklarOctober 20, 2013 -
Hail, Mary
The Mary Tyler Moore Show quietly broke boundaries and, unlike most sitcoms that were on the prime-time schedule in 1970, was...
UncategorizedRonald SklarOctober 20, 2013 -
Hey, kids, stay in school! Especially if it’s long-abandoned.
When Northeast Philadelphia High School picked up and moved to a newer neighborhood in 1957, the staff wasn’t shitting around.
PastRonald SklarOctober 7, 2013 -
Dr. Feelgood – Breaking Bad
In their book, Dr. Feelgood, authors Richard “Rick” Lertzman and Dr. William Birnes shoot a serious lethal injection into our present-day...
MedicineRonald SklarOctober 6, 2013 -
Phiwwy Elveess!
What if Elvis Presley hadn't been born in a trailer in Mississippi? What if he was born in a trailer in...
Channel OneRonald SklarSeptember 17, 2013