Don't you remember, back in the '70s (or early '80s), learning about people banning or burning books and thinking, even as a grade schooler, that this represented an ancient, embarrassing…
Courtesy of David Simon, a national treasure. Post by Bill Moyers. Same as it always was. Same as it always will be: When Christians envision God they see themselves. When…
I'm not sure what it says about me, but I've gone on record declaring, at times, a fervent wish that there was a God. Because if there was a God,…
First off, the only dynasty involving ducks that I'm interested in discussing is the Duck BOAT Dynasty, also known as the 2013 RED SOX. Regarding the other item, shouldn't the…
FIRST OFF, LET’S dispense with decorum and declare the obvious: Russell Brand is brilliant, and quite possibly a genius. In addition to his comedic and acting abilities, he is a…
I. Personal Remember when Born in the U.S.A. was ubiquitous? The album and the song. Bruce was already big, but he wasn’t over the top. Born in the U.S.A. put…
Back in 2008 Roger Cohen wrote the following in the New York Times – the same newspaper that declined to use the word “torture” as a matter of editorial policy: Of the 770…
Let me begin by saying Stephen Fry represents the type of person we all should aspire to be: kind, intelligent, compassionate. I've celebrated his eloquence on this blog in the…
In honor (dishonor?) of our dysfunctional government not doing what it doesn't do best, I think it's timely and appropriate to revisit a blast from the past (a blog post…
Check it out: there are people who actually believe that the moon landing never happened. Lots of people. Not that it didn’t happen, necessarily, but that it was an elaborate,…
Sean Murphy