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Home Front: Politix
When it comes to the 'Right Stuff,' it's up to us
2021-08-14
[American Thinker] In The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe's tribute to American greatness, exemplified by the original Mercury Program astronauts of the 1960s (and one incredibly heroic X15 test pilot), you'll find a manual showing why you might want to be proud to be a citizen of the United States. If you've never seen the movie, I strongly recommend it. It captures the romance, innocence, and patriotism of an era that the United States of 2021 desperately needs to look to as a guide.

There are many conservatives — and many moderates — who read the essays penned in American Thinker. Those essays typically inform and guide thinking. However, we are past just thinking about things. This essay is different. With The Right Stuff in mind, this essay is a call to action.

What we've seen for the past 18 months (and this is an incomplete list) are
Posted by:Besoeker

#1  The Mercury Program? Seven straight white men backed by a team of engineers using math to get the right answer to real problems. I'm surprised that both the book and the movie are still available. The zampolits are falling down on the job.
Posted by: Matt   2021-08-14 11:03  

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