And so: it’s 2012. The year of a Presidential election; a year in which summer will bring the Olympics. Culturally, the Afghan Whigs are back! The Avengers is coming. It is, some might say, a year of milestones. And yet there’s one occurrence, one anniversary, that hovers above the rest.

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He talks about the war, and about meeting Eleanor Roosevelt. He talks about guarding Tower Bridge with a spigot gun and rifle, and receiving Churchill’s orders to “shoot the bastards … save the bridge.” He talks about his penchant for the 1930s, for big bands and John Wayne. He lights up a little when he hears the name Johnny Cash. He talks about eras, and people, and politicians, and where they have gone wrong. – Brian Leli’s “The Barber Comes […]