----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In her most recent posting regarding the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, Marilyn Robinson wrote: > I e-mailed Mr. Jarvik yesterday with a request for a >description of his organization, and have not heard back. Perhaps he'd like >to fill us in. I believe that Mr. Jarvik's organization is based in Santa Monica. David Horowitz is one of the organization's theoretical guru's. Mr. Horowitz (for those of you that remember) is a reconstructed 60's radical who had some type of right-wing epiphany during the course of the Reagan years. In a more serious vein, check-out the depth of of his conversion in "Destructive Generation: second thoughts about the sixties" and then go back to the "Free World Colossus." Mr. Jarvik has previously stated: < Especially for film and television studies, don't Nick at Nite and AMC do a better job than PBS?> I find this to be an interesting analogy akin to comparing the tastiness of certain vegetables with the flavor of fruits. Like Ms. Robinson, I too would like a more in depth description of the goals of Mr. Jarvik's organization or perhaps he could simply define the acceptable parameters of public discourse in a democractic society. Allan Siegel [log in to unmask]