Tag: Indiana
Recommendations from 2023 — A Book, a Film, and a Recording
I’m a sucker for the end-of-year recommendations you see in Nov-Dec issues of book, music,...
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How Much Emotion Is Too Much?
I usually wake up before my wife Theresa and son Cyprian. I read the news and turn on some music,...
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Free: Beacons of the World — A Movie Review
I once told a classroom of students that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who...
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Interstate Crab Claws and Walker Percy
I don’t know if you’ve spent much time in south central Alabama. For most people, it’s a place...
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The Second Trump Administration: From the White House or the Big House?
Donald Trump holds a commanding lead of over forty points over the nearest competitor in the race...
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My Angel: A Poem
May God bless him upon whom I depend
To get through days and years until the end,
That unto God and him I will ascend.
Sound of Freedom: God’s Children Are Not for Sale
Did I ever think about child trafficking or, more precisely, child kidnapping before I saw Sound...
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Joseph Conrad and the Problem of Modernity
Joseph Conrad is surely one of the greatest late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century novelists,...
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Nolan’s Oppenheimer: Flawed Film, Flawed Hero
As many will attest, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is long, three hours’ worth. Whether or not...
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Voting-Age Blues: Let’s Raise to 25!
Wild in the Streets may be a justly forgotten movie. I use the qualifying “may be” from the start...
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