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A leading theory for many years was that natural disaster struck the island in the wake of the volcanic explosion on the island of Thíra (Santorini), due north of Crete, bringing a maelstrom of tidal waves, earthquakes, and fire storms.
The black dependency rate has always been much higher than the white rate, at least since the welfare explosion.
That assessment will overrate Paul's post-Beatles output--in particular, I'm guessing, the music he makes next, just as Tug of War was overrated in the wake of John's murder--and underrate his work in the Beatles, an explosion of pop craftsmanship without precedence, overshadowed by Lennon's mediagenic personality and subsequent martyrdom.
Anyone who's ever glanced at an issue of Commentary will recognize Frum's targets: the rights explosion, the loss of faith in institutions, the sexual revolution, the rise of the underclass, license, rudeness, etc., etc. (Interesting sign of the times: legalized abortion gets only a glancing mention, even though Roe v.
' In munitions, hanging fire describes the delay in the explosion or charge in a firearm.