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Salon posted an excerpt from this book by Melissa Mohr a few days ago: The 18th and 19th centuries’ embrace of linguistic delicacy and extreme avoidance of taboo bestowed great power on those words that broached taboo topics directly, freely revealing what middle-class society was trying so desperately to conceal. Under these conditions of [...] Best Moms in literature, film, TV, art, pop culture… 5. Brad Pitt’s Mom: Now there’s a woman who’s not afraid of the Supernova her son’s marrying. She’s not afraid of the libs who kiss her boy’s ass, either. 4. Marmee from Little Women: The political firebrand Susan Sarandon played in the 1994 film bore more [...] Share on Facebook As former U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (RIP) once famously said, “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” With that in mind, ruminate on the above graph. And let me not be remiss in reiterating that gun ownership not only limits the predations of our neighbors, [...] Hugh Laurie… this looks like it could be good. Yeah it’s got the white teacher/black kid meme going, but there have been some good flicks out of that genre. Share on Facebook Due to some faculty load issues (sabbaticals, leaves of absence, etc.) I was able to teach a couple of U.S. History II (since the Civil War) survey courses (all hands on deck) this past academic year. Nothing educates (or should educate) like teaching. I was finally able — forced in a way — to [...] Download, for free, Lars Walker’s new book Hailstone Mountain today on Amazon. Share on Facebook I liked the first one and my son loved the books enough that I could convince him to read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. This one looks good too. Share on Facebook The Resurrection of Christ by Peter Paul Rubens (1611) Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much [...] Wanks is down again this weekend so if you pray please send up a few for her. This weekend’s five is Easter-related. Movie channels often show Christian-themed movies so this weekend’s Five will deal with that theme. What are your favorite (as opposed to “Best”) religious-themed works of entertainment. I’m excluding art because I [...] Daniel Flynn at The American Spectator has a great piece on the sorry state of American public libraries: I write from the public library, which doubles as my city’s daytime homeless shelter. I spend four hours a day there reading and writing. Other patrons, often accompanied by all of their worldly possessions, go there [...] I’ve often said… and it’s true… that given the nature of a court of law I could prove to a jury that Jesus died and was resurrected from the dead. We put people in prison for decades on sketchier evidence. I don’t need to because former lawyer, Chicago Tribune journalist and now pastor Lee [...] Here’s word that Martin Scorsese is developing a television series based on The Gangs of New York. Whatever one thinks of the film version (I liked it though it’s not in his top tier), the book is chockablock with great stories and if they can crib the feel of Copper (the BBC America series [...] Apropos my linking to Lew Wallace’s Ben Hur in the OT and of Good Friday, Slate.com posted this fascinating piece on General Wallace, his quest for redemption, the role the novel played in helping unite a country after the Civil War, and the entertainment juggernaut that is Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ [...] I read Lew Wallace’s Ben Hur back in high school (on a lark) and I quite liked it. It is darker than the movie which makes the redemption even more moving. General Lew Wallace is a great story in his own right. Victor Davis Hanson writes in Ripples of Battle about his quest to [...] An abridged version of the World War 2 will also suffice, but in addition to being a statesman and politician par excellence, Churchill was an amazing writer. Sure his version of the War is self-serving in a lot of ways… that’s why we read more than one book on a subject. They simply [...] I read this last week and forgot to post it. Ruth Steinhagen — a “Baseball Annie”, the OGs of modern stalkers — the woman who shot Philadelphia Phillie (and former Cub) Eddie Waitkus inspiring Bernard Malamud’s novella The Natural — and the Barry Levinson film natch — has died at age 83. The Washington [...] Great book and the author is a great guy to boot. This book by Sebastien Junger is fantastic… then go watch the documentary film “Restrepo” (based on the book) — available on Netflix Streaming Share on Facebook Goldberg’s first book is one of the most important books of the last decade in terms of spelling out who — and what — the opposition is. I for one fear a workforce over-credentialed and over confident… “Expert”? Yeah right. This book is great — and unnerving — though it strikes at a [...] Two of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors… Texas own Elmer Kelton (RIP). Share on Facebook |
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