The King of Civil Rights
Race relations is one of the areas where I have changed my opinion, largely because I’ve been exposed to new ideas and information.
Category: Feature
Sunday Morning! “The Red-Headed Pilgrim” by Kevin Maloney
Spending your twenties following your heart off cliffs and making many mistakes isn’t ideal, but nearly everyone does it. Hopefully.
Own Goals, Email Servers and Classified Documents
While the outcomes are the same in both Biden and Trump’s incidents – Classified Documents in places they shouldn’t be – the mechanisms of getting them there are different.
Saturday Morning Gaming: On Sonder
I have finally experienced The Last Of Us Part II.
It did some stuff right and some stuff wrong. (WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS)
POETS Day! Vladimir Nabokov
This POET’S Day poet is Vladimir Nabokov, but before I get to him I’d like to take a moment and mention Thomas Karshan, currently listed by the University of East Anglia website as Associate Professor of Literature.
Speaker of the House: Two Heartbeats from the White House
Discussing eleven Speaker of the House votes, and Kevin McCarthy’s marathon 15-round vote was only the fifth longest in US History.
Jeff Beck, RIP
Jeff Beck was just the way a bloke from Wallington whose imagination was set on fire by the guitar went through life.
Throughput: Gas Stoves, Water Drops, And Various Kinds of Hot Air
In the end, I think a case can be made for notifying the public of the potential risk and encouraging better ventilation and/or the use of oils that produce less chemical emissions.
The Woman King’s Historical Lies: Why They Matter
The true history behind the The Woman King-as well as the film’s failure to confront that history-are equal parts disturbing and important.
The Politics of Settling Scores: The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government
One of the first orders of business for the 118th Congress was to create a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government
The Nationwide Ground Stop Explained
A ground stop is just what it sounds like. ATC holds aircraft, particularly flights on instrument flight plans, on the ground rather than letting them take off.
We call it Awesome Sauce: Birmingham Style Hot Dog Sauce
Hot dog sauce is a favorite condiment of mine so I figured I’d give it a go. It was disappointingly easy to make with only a modicum of mess
The fight over House Speaker won’t change anything in this Congress
McCarthy will have a difficult two years as Speaker. The Crank Caucus will see that they do what everyone expects them to do.
Conservatives Should Rediscover John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams used his 17 years in the House to fight for causes that he believed in but had previously felt powerless to champion.
Democracy In Action or Inaction?
Both sides of the aisle described the longevity of the speaker election as a disgrace, an embarrassment, a failure of democracy. Was it?
Year in Review: Movies, Music, and More!
This has been a pretty good year, all things considered, when it comes to the broader pop culture.
Sunday Morning! “In a Lonely Place” Novel vs. Film
The Nicholas Ray/ Humphrey Bogart film In a Lonely Place changes so much from the Dorothy Hughes novel as to be a different, much more devastating, story.
Saturday Morning Gaming: On Having Beaten Elden Ring
Having beaten Elden Ring, what might be the best game I’ve played in years, I have thoughts about it. Like… how did it pull that off?
The Big Surpise From the Speaker Fight That No One is Talking About
Regardless of the underlying Speaker fight reason, it seems apparent The Former Guy is no longer in control of the movement that he created
POETS Day! Edna St. Vincent Millay
I don’t know that I would agree with Edna St. Vincent Millay on very many things, but she was passionate.
