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Tea Partiers Are the New Hippies

Rob Quinn — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:20:55 CST

The anti-establishment types in the Tea Party movement remind David Brooks of another group of protesters who wanted to bring power back to the people and stick it to The Man. The Tea Partiers have adopted many of the tactics the New Left used in the 1960s, from street theater...

Tea Partiers: Spoiled Boomers in Midlife Crisis

Emily Rauhala — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:39:04 CST

The tea party movement portrays itself as a gang of ordinary, diverse citizens, but in reality it's got a lot of rich, middle-aged white guys who came of age in the '60s. That's telling. This phenomenon is actually "a harbinger of midlife crisis, not political crisis," write Jim Spencer and...

Woodstock Was a 'Nightmare'

Harry Kimball — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:25:02 CDT

Mark Hosenball of Newsweek was at Woodstock, and not only did he not have a good time, but he can’t quite figure out how we’ve “transformed a chaotic mudfest into an epic pageant of peace and love.” Hosenball reminisces about the “massive, teeming, squalid mess” and its “traffic jams, torrential...

Hipsters 101: Their History, Bleak Future

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:12:42 CDT

Hipsters. They “sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay”; they “sport cowboy hats and berets”; they’re “the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer.” But they’re certainly not a new phenomenon, writes Dan Fletcher for Time . The first jazz-loving hipsters emerged in the...

Unrepentant Ayers: I Was 'Demonized'

Kevin Spak — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:56:07 CST

William Ayers broke his silence this morning on Good Morning America , and he was anything but repentant. The former ‘60s radical called the attacks on him “a profoundly dishonest narrative” designed to “demonize” him, ABC reports. But he didn’t apologize for controversial deeds by him or the Weather Underground, including...

Bill Ayers Will Appear on ABC Tomorrow

Nick McMaster — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:08:01 CST

After keeping a low profile through the presidential election in which he became a talking point, Chicago activist Bill Ayers will appear on Good Morning America tomorrow, ABC News reports. In the exclusive TV interview, Ayers will discuss his transformation into a 1960s radical and his memoir, Fugitive Days .

Dalai Lama's Home-in-Exile Is Hippie Haven

Matt Cantor — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:30:00 CDT

Western ex-patriots have turned the Dalai Lama's home-in-exile into a hippie hotspot, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Himalayan town of Dharamsala, population 20,000, has become a center for for espresso-sipping yoga-lovers and web-surfing monks. Many more come in search of wisdom, but the town is not without its...

Kerouac Was Klutzy Fatalist, Tragic Goofball

Jonas Oransky — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:19:15 CDT

For today’s 50th anniversary of On the Road ’s publication, Slate canvassed some of Jack Kerouac’s associates, creating a dramatic and nostalgic picture. The poet’s agent remembers he was thrown for a loop by the “demon” of “public reaction, celebrity,” and Carolyn Cassady recalls him as “a hunk, a football...

Burning Man Torched Early

Colleen Barry — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:35:00 CDT

A San Francisco vandal torched a giant effigy four days before it was slated to burn as part of the annual hedonistic Burning Man arts festival, according to police. The vandal was arrested for arson and possession of fireworks. Most of the 40-foot Man is still standing, and organizers are...