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• Half Full

  

  Is the glass half full or half empty?  Perhaps trite, this is the textbook example of optimism.  In times when hope is important—and that may be always, but at... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Parthenogenesis

  

  It’s only a matter of degree, isn’t it?  I mean between reptiles and mammals.  While our common ancestor was quite a bit older than Lucy, we’re still fam, right? Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Solstice Wonders

  

  It’s difficult to tell where summer begins and spring ends.  Transitions are like that.  Today’s the summer solstice.  Since I’m an early riser I keep track of... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Optimism

  

  On the homepage of my website (of which this blog is a part) is the statement that jaded optimism lurks here. I’ve been thinking a lot about optimism and hope... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Individuals All

  

  When things grow stressful and distressing, it may help to remember how others had it worse.  It’s cold comfort, perhaps, but Juneteenth, although a celebration... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sailing Away

  

  Out on the open water on a sailboat large enough to be categorized as a sloop.  We’re on the Hudson River learning about both sailing and the environment. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Baptist to the Future

  

  Setting aside their smartphones and MAGA hats for a moment, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to exclude women pastors this week. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Tumble

  

  So beautifully shot, Fallen is a movie worth watching despite its disjointed plot. Worth watching for horror fans, that is. Apart from the night scenes, this... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More Proof

  

  They’re here!  The second proofs for The Wicker Man have arrived. Nothing makes you feel like a book will actually happen than seeing the stages unfold. In the... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Measuring Humanity

  

  The humanities have fallen in love with data.  Let me put a finer point on it: those who use the humanities as a profession have had to turn to “evidence... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• World’s End?

  

  I’ve been writing on religion and horror for quite a few years now. Sometimes you come across a horror movie, or novel, which addresses this directly. Paul... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Dagon

  

  There’s an aesthetic to bad movies. And when your production company is Crappy World Films you’ve got to wonder if it’s intentional. Chad Ferrin’s H. P. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ultimate Collectables

  

  “Collectible ebook” is a phrase you never hear.  That’s because such a thing doesn’t exist.  Even though I work in the publishing industry, I’m not really a... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Other Mississippi

  

  Salmon aren’t the only animals that head back to their ancestral homes late in life. There’s a draw to where we’re from. Many humans can’t physically return... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bad Movies

  

  It’s embarrassing.  No, really it is.  The other day I was posting on yet another bad movie I’d watched and I realized that I should add a new Category (althoug... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Theory

  

  Do you remember that crazy college professor you had?  Chances are there was more than one.  As a late friend used to say, that’s why we pay good money to go... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Coming to History

  

  Perhaps because I was a critical thinker at a young age, or maybe because I’ve always been insistent on fairness, I never took an interest in American history. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shepherding Books

  

  One of the truths of publishing books—unless you make it to one of the big five, and even then it can’t hurt—is that you have to promote your own books. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Idea of Scripture

  

  Although the academic field of biblical studies is slowly dying—this is something I wrote about a long while back on this blog—the Bible and its kin nevertheles... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Der Golem

  

  The golem is a monster of fascination. It has been the subject of movies from quite an early period. The earliest, now mostly lost, seems to have been Paul... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY