Mossback Meets Guns ’n’ Roses

LATELY I’ve had the vague sense that large matters are being played out without my knowing quite what’s going on. And, let’s be frank, I don’t know what’s going on. The other evening I switched on Entertainment Tonight and sat glassy-eyed, watching the parade of movie stars, recording stars, soap- opera stars, and sitcom stars for 15 minutes before I was roused by a name I recognized, and then it was Paul Anka’s and he doesn’t count.

To recoup, I’ve been trying to follow the fall television season in the papers. I too am concerned whether Doogie Howser, MD, will lose his virginity before Christmas, but not overly so since I wasn’t aware that Dr. Howser was a virgin. I didn’t know they let virgins on TV. And of course I don’t know who Doogie Howser is.

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Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson, a former columnist for NR, is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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LATELY I’ve had the vague sense that large matters are being played out without my knowing quite what’s going on. And, let’s be frank, I don’t know what’s going on. The other evening I switched on Entertainment Tonight and sat glassy-eyed, watching the parade of movie stars, recording stars, soap- opera stars, and sitcom stars for 15 minutes before I was roused by a name I recognized, and then it was Paul Anka’s and he doesn’t count.

To recoup, I’ve been trying to follow the fall television season in the papers. I too am concerned whether Doogie Howser, MD, will lose his virginity before Christmas, but not overly so since I wasn’t aware that Dr. Howser was a virgin. I didn’t know they let virgins on TV. And of course I don’t know who Doogie Howser is.