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• Booking Dreams

  

  There’s a certain kind of person—many of with whom I work—who trade in the currency of books.  These are individuals who would rather be paid in books than in... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Birthing Stars

  

  Fusion.  The recent breakthrough with fusion announced so close to Christmas hardly seems a coincidence to me.  I have to admit to having been interested in... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All About Blurbs

  

  A book recently arrived.  It was unexpected, but when I saw the return address I knew what it was.  My young colleague Daniel Sarlo from the University of... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For the Eyes

  

  A Welsh horror film? Lately Euro-horror has caught my attention. European sensibilities give horror a distinctive flavor, and The Feast doesn’t pull the usual... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dark Academia

  

  Over the weekend I “dropped” a new YouTube video on my channel (you can see it here, or by visiting my “YouTube” page in this website’s menu). Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Gift Books

  

  The New York Times recently ran a story suggesting that books are not only the ideal gift, but that this has been the case for a very long time. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Relic

  

  Someone somewhere sometime recommended The Relic to me. I can’t recollect who, where, or when, so I’m not sure in which direction to point the blame. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Haunting Hudson

  

  After Maine, the one place I’ve always wanted to live, but never had the opportunity, or could never afford, is upstate New York. My ancestors were from the... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Earliest Sunset

  

  Welcome to the day of the earliest sunset of the year.  “But how can that be?”you may ask, “since the winter solstice is many days away? Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Split Personality

  

  This may be the way to develop a split personality.  For the majority of my waking hours of the week I’m a biblical studies editor.  I do the usual, boring... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pods

  

  Some cultural assets (ahem) are so well known that you come to know them by association. I knew the story behind Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 and 1978)... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Religion in Its Place

  

  The other day at work I virtually “met” someone else from western Pennsylvania.  It came about in an odd way.  We were both in an online author talk and my... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Sleepy Yet

  

  Working on a doctorate changes the way you think. Or at least it’s supposed to. Easy answers have to be examined closely, and sources critically scrutinized. On... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Prosthetic Horse?

  

  Old habits die hard.  As a young researcher, I was dogged about reading everything possible on a subject before writing on it. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Unidentified

  

  Some places are quite ordinary. Once you get to know the people, however, you begin to find some oddities. That’s all normal. Other places, however, are... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Goodbye, Linda

  

  It’s out of the ordinary for me to post twice in one day, but I’m compelled to do so by the passing of a friend I’d never met.  I’ll already published today’s... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Forgot Again?

  

  I’ve noticed a pattern.  I’ve been posting daily on this blog for over thirteen years now.  During the past two of those, several days (including the day... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Abc 2 Qwerty

  

  I thought this was over after school.  Sitting in a class with a long list of names, always coming in last—or very nearly so—because my name began with W. ... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• This Way

  

  The more I get to know myself—pleased to meet you, sir—the more I realize that my childhood was cobbled together from small but repeated exposures to my favorit... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Doppelgängers

  

  Maybe this has happened to you.  Two names get stuck and mixed up in your mind until you consistently can’t tell them apart.  Jeff Bridges and Jeff Daniels are... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY