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Sean MurphyI’m Sean Murphy, and you might have heard me on NPR’s “All Things Considered” or...
Original Poem: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, 1967: MUHAMMAD ALI REFUSES ARMY INDUCTION*
*From 2023: My thanks to Words & Sports Quarterly for publishing my poem about how America handled...
Elon’s House of Suffering: More of This, Please
The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. Wonderful news from the wonderful...
Bill Maher’s Missed Opportunity
I’m deeply grateful to continue this collaboration with The Good Men Project, and appreciate them supporting...
This is The Question, There are No Other Questions
Toward the end of The Verdict, Paul Newman’s mentor first admonishes him, reminding him that...
Original Poem: Francis Coppola’s Apocalypse
On Art Monsters & Immortality i. It continues to be a joy and honor to...
The Great Gatsby at 100
F. Scott Fitzgerald got America in his sights, for all time Why is the The Great...
Val Kilmer: He Was Our Huckleberry
Nice to see some great tributes to Val Kilmer rolling in (and this one in...
1925, 2025
“Civilization’s going to pieces…I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read...
Orrin Keepnews: Hero for America’s Music
Revisiting a piece from exactly 10 years ago, celebrating an unjustly obscure, sadly under-appreciated hero...
Gene Hackman, The Bone Marrow of American Artistry
Once upon a time when I was sixteen I had the great good fortune to...