On ‘Midsomer Murders’ — Since When Did Christianity Become a ‘Cult of Death’?
In the context of “The Straw Woman,” the notion of Christianity as a sadomasochistic cult is absurd.
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Author: Carl C. Curtis
Something in the Way They Sing
But I also know that even then when I heard “I Want To Hold Your Hand, I had the feeling I was listening to something I could not resist—not entirely.
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Anne Hathaway: Political Conscience of the Country or “Coarse Mind”?
It is typical of the utopian mentality to heap one’s enemies into a dark collective.
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Safranski’s Biography of Goethe: A Genius, Warts and All
‘Goethe: Life As a Work of Art’ may be the best way to learn about the life of the misguided but undeniably great Goethe.
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Endeavour — A PBS Detective Hit With Occasional Misses
The ingredients of Endeavour are typical of the entire “Morse” franchise: superb cast, fine scripts, and Oxford, the setting of all three series.
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The Real Obscenity in Robert De Niro’s “F*** Trump” Display
There was a time such a stunt would have shocked the world of popular entertainment.
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Sometimes Enmity Exists for a Good Reason
But my sense of what man is tells me that when you give a class of men money and power because they aren’t angels, they just might become devils and demand the store.
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“The Man Who Never Was”: Dead Men Walking in Faith
We perform our various tasks mostly ignorant of the good we do others. . . .
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Modern Monetary Theory: The Mystical Path to Prosperity?
The theory advocates nothing less than the government’s spending as much as it wants on whatever it wants and, presumably, for the good of all.
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But For ‘Ceremony’ Where Would We Be?
I am rather superstitious or maybe just suspicious that a world without manners, forms, and ceremonies is one step from anarchy.
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