tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7645626171456318027..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Elite concern about broken homes: Changes over timeagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-54173671404099562582013-11-29T13:09:16.729-05:002013-11-29T13:09:16.729-05:00Off-topic, but since you've previously discuss...Off-topic, but since you've previously discussed temporal trends in film quality <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2013/10/2013-best-year-at-movies" rel="nofollow">this</a> is provocative. Handy claims 2013 might be the best year for movies, considering its natural rivals to be 1939 (with nods to 1940 & 1941), the "second Golden Age" of 1967-1974, 1982 (which Handy considers idiosyncratic on his part) and 1994.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-60513476352188135592013-11-27T19:49:42.961-05:002013-11-27T19:49:42.961-05:00When I hear the phrase "dysfunctional family&...When I hear the phrase "dysfunctional family" my first association is "sitcom". Or maybe a movie. I have heard some say that the phrase was originally used to describe households headed by an alcoholic.<br /><br />It was my understanding that public attitudes toward crime have gotten more lax, with <a href="http://akinokure.blogspot.com/2011/05/decline-in-violence-has-weakened.html" rel="nofollow">lower support for the death penalty</a>, for example.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.com