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• Wrong Entity

  

  In one of those weird synchronicities the universe likes to play, the very next day after I watched The Entity (2015) and wrote a blog post on it, this happened. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Entities

  

  When you’re a regular scholar, you take notes. I’m not a regular anything, I guess, and I’ve fallen out of the habit of noting who makes movie recommendations t... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reading Early America

  

  Reading about Washington Irving is reading about early America.  And reading about early America is to read about what’s happening in politics today. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lost at Sea

  

  Where do books come from?  It still comes as a surprise to many authors, but books tend to be shipped by, well, ship.  When publishers use overseas facilities,... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Learning from Mother’s Day

  

  Looking back over the past year, I see that we’ve still got a lot of progress to make.  It’s only been about five millennia of “civilization,” but we still... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mutant Madness

  

  I’ve never seen Freaks, nor have I ever wanted to. It’s an exploitation film of carnival actors that Tod Browning, for some reason, thought might make a good... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Iron Man?

  

  As a vegan, I sometimes end up thinking more about nutrition than I used to.  Back when I first became a vegetarian colleagues wondered how I got my iron. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Final (not) Thoughts

  

  One thing I’ve noticed as I’ve aged is that I pay attention to necrologies a lot more.  Few people from my college and seminary days stay in touch, and the... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Connecting Many Leagues

  

  Much of movie viewing life is about making connections. Many, many films have been made and I’m not the first to suggest that cinema is a form of modern... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Know Your Books

  

  Used books have many virtues.  They’re good for the environment, being the ultimate primary duo of the triad “reduce, reuse, recycle. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• People of Slime

  

  An old saying advises not to speak ill of the dead. And I suspect this also applies to the living dead. Night of the Living Dead (1968) is a classic horror... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wicker Wondering

  

  Why The Wicker Man? It’s a fair question. My book is now starting to appear on Amazon and other venues (it’s on Goodreads!), so it’s time to try to get the... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Coronation Bible

  

  The scene from The King’s Speech doesn’t show it at all, but there was even more drama around the coronation of George VI than the movie reveals. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Insane Illusionist

  

  The Dark Shadows novels supplemented my early watching of the television series. It’s funny, but when I remember watching the show, in my mind I watched it... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Surviving AI

  

  A recent exchange with a friend raised an interesting possibility to me.  Theology might just be able to save us from Artificial Intelligence.  You see, it can... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spiritual Alterations

  

  I’d been meaning to watch Altered States for quite a few years. I suspect the reason (it’s been long enough that I can’t recall for sure) is that I knew it had ... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Atomic Apocalypse

  

  Avoiding Apocalypse, as the title suggests, is something most reasonable people would agree is a good thing. This book by Jeff Colvin, a science advisor in the... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• 50 Years Ago on May Day

  

  Word is starting to get out about The Wicker Man. One of the most intelligent of horror movies, it turns fifty this year. Aware of the coming anniversary, I... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lilith Be Gone?

  

  One of those questions it isn’t politic to ask is “Are you Jewish?” I get asked that once in a while but mainly by Jews. I’m not Jewish but some people tell me ... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Inventing Chaos

  

  A recent (in my personal interaction with time) article from the New York Times recounts two bad inventions by Thomas Midgley Jr. Namely, leaded gasoline and th... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY