Great Moments in Film-Related Think Tank History, Part 1 (Probably of 1)

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By David Stokes | Read Time 1 minute

So, my wife and I are watching the all-time classic Say Anything this weekend when I heard something I never realized before, probably because I didn’t work at a think tank when I saw the movie before. Anyway, as this is one of my favorite movies, and one which I sometimes reference (will not waste time searching for a past reference — we unfortunately don’t catalogue our posts by "pop culture allusions"), it was cool to hear that the fellowship that school valedictorian Diane Court was going to London for was, to quote her dad, "an international think tank." Pretty neat, huh?

The other highlight of seeing the movie again was catching a very young Ari Gold as one of the characters hanging out at the Gas ‘N Sip trying to get Lloyd to go to a kegger with them. "Bitches, man!"

About the Author

David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from 2007 to 2016. From 2016 through 2020 he was Executive Director of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, where he led efforts to oppose harmful floodplain developments done with abusive tax subsidies. Stokes rejoined the Institute in early 2021 as the Director of Municipal Policy. He is a past president of the University City Library Board. He served on the St. Louis County 2010 Council Redistricting Commission and was the 2012 representative to the Electoral College from Missouri’s First Congressional District. He lives in University City with his wife and their three children.

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