Monthly Archives: May 2011
Dobie and Maynard were Key Role Models for Sixties Counterculture
Dobie Gillis (Dwayne Hickman) was an average teen living in America between 1959 and 1963. This was right before so much started to change in 1964. Like other red-blooded American teenage boys of his time, Dobie thought about money, cars and girls. He wished he had more of all three which led to funny schemes [...]
Categories: Hippie Legacy, Visionaries
Tags: Counter-culture, Dobie Gillis, Funny Pictures, Hippie Legacy, Maynard Krebs
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Bruce Springsteen and UNC Law School Shine Light on Serious Poverty Problems
Two recent events warn us about the serious social problems associated with poverty in the US. First, Bruce Springsteen sent a letter to the editor of his local paper warning about the impacts of Republican budget cuts on the poor. Also last week, I attended a great conference sponsored by the UNC School of Law. [...]
