Anaheim, Calif., the home of Disneyland and the site of recent violent protests over a police shooting of an unarmed man, is a city divided, Jennifer Medina reports. The resort area, where the amusement park and sports stadiums are located, provides a third of the city's income, and Disney plays an active role in local elections. But visitors there rarely see the poor neighborhoods just beyond Disneyland Drive. As the protests exploded last week, the park's nightly fireworks continued a few miles away, she writes.
The recent role of the restaurant chain Chick-fil-A in a skirmish in the culture wars shouldn't be unexpected, Kim Severson writes, with food serving as a great defining aspect of the South. Those who rallied to support Chick-fil-A after it was criticized for the comments by the company's president denouncing same-sex marriage were, in part, defending a local brand whose 1,600 restaurants extend beyond the South, she writes. And restaurants have often been the turf where desegregation was fought: including, famously, the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C.
- Jennifer Preston on The Lede blog collected examples of how social media helped drive Wednesday's “appreciation day†at Chick-fil-A.
Donald Trump gets the “Roger and Me†treatment from Anthony Baxter's documentary polemic, “You've Been Trumped.†The film, which was reviewed by Stephen Holden, chronicles Mr. Trump's plan to build in Scotland what he promises will be the best golf resort in the world, and the opposition of neighbors whose lives are disrupted by the project. Mr. Holden describes Mr. Baxter as “a persistent gnat who hovers around Mr. Trump and his entourage, camera in hand, and refuses to be brushed off.†Of course, unlike Roger Smith of General Motors - whom Michael Moore was never able to interview - Mr. Trump has broadcast his ambitions wherever there is a microphone.
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