article_snippet: Americans in those days were always looking ahead.
article_snippet: We'd had enough of that in World War II.
article_snippet: Since then We have embarked on what I would call the "American death trip.
article_snippet: Furthermore, because of the ever-growing psychological power of the media, we seem to think we can reach back half a century and touch things as if they are real.
article_snippet: We live in a virtual nostalgic world because of this.