Tag "Tom Wolfe"
Back to homepageRemembering when — and why — California inspired the world
Dec. 25, 2012 By Chris Reed Merry Christmas, everyone! The autumn issue of City Journal has a wonderful piece by Michael Anton on how Tom Wolfe’s 1960s sprawling, funny, rule-breaking essays about California defined the Golden State for the rest
Read MoreMau-Mauing the Oakland Flak Catchers
June 22, 2012 By Dave Roberts “God bless them for their spontaneity. It’s independent … it’s young, it’s spontaneous, and it’s focused. And it’s going to be effective.” — Nancy Pelosi The Oakland Museum is currently featuring “The 1968
Read MoreCA Green Elites Block Economic Recovery
JULY 21, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI In 1970, Tom Wolfe wrote a non-fiction book titled “Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers.” It was about poverty program bureaucrats in the Office of Economic Opportunity in San Francisco taking abuse called Mau-Mauing
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