The Content of our Discontent
Forensic Files II: Meh
Headline News revived the series as “Forensic Files II.” It took four years before I was willing to give it a try…
US Presidents Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses
In J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, the characters at Hogwarts are sorted into four different houses…let’s apply these to the US Presidents.
Class in 21st Century America
A discussion of class in America in the 21st Century through analysis of differential financial behavior as incentivized by the tax code
Do Your Down-Ballot Homework
Your vote matters in down-ballot races more than in the presidential election. Don’t treat them as an afterthought.
The Evolving Act of Physically Reading In a Digitial World
I cannot help but think about the difference in how I read in digital vs physical mediums, and how others might read differently also.
The Month in Theaters April 2024
This was a very good month in theaters. 14 movies in theaters, with one repeat, and an additional 19 otherwise, for a total of 32 reviews.
Music Monday: It’s Spring, Let’s Emerge!
“Let’s Emerge!” is Pye Corner Audio’s – known to his mother and his friends as Martin Jenkins – fifth studio album, and it is indeed a surprise.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76 Reviewed
I’ve played it enough to reach a tentative conclusion, I think. Fallout 76 puts the cart before the horse.
POETS Day! Arnold on Dover, Hecht on Arnold
Matthew Arnold’s literary personage stands in contrast to his father’s upright example. And then it doesn’t. And then it does again.
Campus Insurrections?
It’s time to call out the fringes on both sides for the lawless demagogues that they are and embrace the sanity of the middle
Musical Complaints and Compliments about the Fallout 76 Radio Station
As I wander about the Appalachian Wasteland, I listen to a handful of original songs, some covers, and a DJ who encourages me to keep trying.
YouTube vs. The World
The case study of Screen Junkies Plus vs. the Mythical Society should be studied for how to capitalize on one’s YouTube audience, for good or ill.
Music Monday: A Great, If Flawed, Musical
This past Wednesday my wife and eldest son went into Boston to the Wang theater to catch a performance of Hadestown. I’m told it was excellent. While I haven’t had the in-theater, there is...