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The End of the SuburbsIn her important book, The End of the Suburbs, Fortune magazine co-editor Leigh Gallagher sums up a phenom that we never...
UncategorizedJanuary 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!
UncategorizedNovember 27, 2013 -
Wonder of Wonders!The perfect match! How Fiddler on the Roof became a tradition.
UncategorizedNovember 25, 2013 -
Dan Cortese in the ExtremeWhen The Modern last fist-bumped Dan Cortese, he had expertly landed feet-first in gold.
UncategorizedOctober 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...
PastOctober 24, 2013 -
Contested WatersAmericans’ long and sweaty love affair with municipal swimming pools is on the wane, but it’s left behind a sort of...
PastOctober 20, 2013 -
Hail, MaryThe Mary Tyler Moore Show quietly broke boundaries and, unlike most sitcoms that were on the prime-time schedule in 1970, was...
UncategorizedOctober 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.
PastOctober 7, 2013 -
Dr. Feelgood – Breaking BadIn their book, Dr. Feelgood, authors Richard “Rick” Lertzman and Dr. William Birnes shoot a serious lethal injection into our present-day...
MedicineOctober 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 OneSeptember 17, 2013
