DeSantis Drops Out
The DeSantis campaign ended as it started: On the platform formerly known as Twitter.
The Content of our Discontent
Trump and the Church
As a great shirt says, “Love God and love people.” But how much love do we see coming from the actions and words of Donald Trump?
America Needs Farmers, Just Not Their Politics
America Needs Farmers, or more accurately needs a strong agricultural industry, but do they need the regressive politics that come with them?
2024 Oscar Projections: Final Nomination Predictions
Less than a week after my last outlook into how the battle for nominations at this year’s Oscars are shaking up
The Month in Theaters December 2023
In the final month of 2023, I saw twelve movies in theaters with an additional seventeen movies otherwise, for a total of twenty-nine reviews.
POETS Day! My Problems with Walt Whitman
I cringe at the images “Whitman fan” conjures; wannabe Annie Savoys from Bull Durham singing the body electric
Can Nikki Haley win New Hampshire? (And Does It Matter?)
If we’ve learned anything this cycle, it’s that you can’t win a primary by ignoring your opponent’s numerous serious flaws and hoping that he goes away.
Weekend Plans Post: Slow Cooker Theory, The Bookcase That Got Away From Us, and a Small Victory
This weekend’s plans include the recipe for Lamb Dijon. Which, thankfully, requires that I brown some lamb and nothing involving a mixing bowl.
On Movie Soundtracks that Don’t Suck
I’ve been thinking about movie soundtracks every other day for 3 months. The best Orchestral ones are pretty easy.
Vaccines Are A Billion Miracles
The triumph of vaccines is being prevented by unscrupulous grifters and liars, bolstered by the anti-vaccine rhetoric of the COVID pandemic.
It Was Always Going To Be Trump
The Republican Party is Trump’s party now, and the string of electoral defeats is likely to continue until Republican voters realize that most Americans don’t like MAGA.
2024 Oscars Projections: Critics Award, Industry Nominates
We’ve finally seen some major movement in the awards’ races however. Critics, journalists, and content creators that makeup the major critics groups have had their say
About Last Night: Trump Wins Iowa
This isn’t a primary; Two-thirds of the GOP is all about Donald Trump’s vengeance, the other third an exercise through the stages of grief.
