I am appalled at my grandparents' generation . . . and yet I cannot look away. The smoking, the drinking, the sexism, the kids without seatbelts--it's all wrong. This is definitely the best show on TV (or on DVD--the way I have to watch it).
My favorite line so far has been when Don went to the underground poetry reading with his girlfriend, and he had the following exchange with a beatnik poet:
Beatnik: So, you're one of the Madison Avenue advertisers that's responsible for creating this culture of consumption. How do you sleep at night?
Don: On a bed made of money.
Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment
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The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing
editor Mark Bauerlein. Charles Taylor joins in to discuss his new book, *Cosmic
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