My Thoughts on "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," by Joan Didion

The essays in this book essentially chronicled the revolutionary events of America in the mid to late 1960s. Didion writes of these events with a critical yet unique eye, attempting to look at both sides of the issues while remaining impartial about them.

From subjects such as John Wayne to the psychedelic movement, from self-respect to the decay of marriage as an institution, Didion becomes the intellectual's intellectual, presenting observations but never passing judgments.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem was a thought-provoking read, and I recommend it to anyone who wants a critical view of the 1960s.