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In reply to the discussion: The prophecy of Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker, May 20, 2016 [View all]not_the_one
(2,227 posts)33. What oldsoftie said!
Name recognition and star power... we are so easily influenced.
And I couldn't agree more about the Kardashians. Filthy rich and world famous for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Not to mention Kenya, the hanger-on. (misspelled on purpose)
Remember "It Should Happen To You", with Judy Holliday? She saw a billboard on Columbus Circle, paid to have her name put on it, and became famous just because millions of people saw her name. (Gladys Glover)
Celebrity for nothing.
edit - Holliday has two Ls.
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Should Dems take control of all three branches and embark on wholesale political, social, and
Pepsidog
Nov 2019
#3
Gopnik has the antidote in 2019 book: A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2019
#10
The problem is the number of people who are ill informed or refuse to believe.
Lonestarblue
Nov 2019
#13
Sorry Grasswire2, I did a site search for Adam Gopnik before I posted and your post didn't come up.
Fla Dem
Nov 2019
#31