Finding Grace in Beautiful Places (Revisited)
Sean MurphyIn a piece I recommend you reading @ the reliably awesome Rumpus, writer Amber Sparks,...
The Bittersweet Science, Part One (Revisited)
It probably says something about evolution that the younger generations see the future as expansive,...
2012: When Rhetoric Meets Reality (Revisited)
I read the news today. Oh boy. Looks like one of the worst-kept secrets in...
Beauty is a Rare Thing: Celebrating International Jazz Day (Revisited)
All hope is not lost. At least enough people are still making –and listening to–...
Compassion*
License registration, no I ain’t got none, But I got a clear conscience ‘bout the...
Whitney Houston and the Wages of Fame (Revisited)
Sadly, only the most optimistic or naive observers did not see this coming. Indeed, it...
Human Connections, Missed Connections, Chance Connections: ‘Three Colors: Blue, White, Red’ (Revisited)*
Words need not be minced here: the Criterion Collection treatment of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s trilogy is...
Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength: Rush’s ‘Permanent Waves’
How unbelievably appropriate that Permanent Waves was released on January 1, 1980? In virtually every...
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before*
Let me tell you a story. It involves a white male born in a steadily...
My Annual New Year’s Eve Message
As always, it’s a hell of a lot easier to keep these things in perspective...