George Custer, E.E. Cummings, and Gratitude
Sean MurphyON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, 1868: Colonel George Custer massacres Cheyenne on Washita River Without bothering to identify the village or do any reconnaissance, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads…
In Memory of Sidney Lumet: Celebrating ‘Serpico’
It's difficult, and pointless, to try and isolate which film was Lumet's best or most enduring. The fact that he made three of the best movies of the '70s (three…
Beyond Good and Evil or, The God that Failed
Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for Humanity, has passed away. Obit from Washington Post here. His story, self-made millionaire who gives away his money to the needy and actually…