A lot of '20s musicals were a hodgepodge of melodrama, mixed with operetta and romance, and then some sense of modernism and some sense of irreverence.
When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it.
One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.
It's a really weird thing, modern divorce. I found out I was getting divorced on television. That was kind of weird.
In many ways, Nixon started the modern notion of 'compassionate conservatism,' which as we all know is neither 'compassionate' nor 'conservative.'