Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”: A Friend When I Needed One Most(Originally written July 20, 2024. Posting on NYE.)Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2024
We’re Refusing the Call to Adventure and Failing the Planet in the ProcessMany of our favorite stories follow a general formula, a monomyth with similar touchstones, symbols and rites of passages. Joseph Campbell…Jun 14, 2024Jun 14, 2024
The Horrors of Conformity: Movie Review of The Stepford Wives, Disturbing Behavior” and…I’ve been noodling over the dangers of conformity, the narrowing path of what is allowed and the culture of silence we adhere to. Because…Jun 3, 2024Jun 3, 2024
Thinking Outside “The Box” Isn’t Enough; We Need to Destroy ItYou’re working hard and trying to provide for your family when Frank Langella delivers a mysterious box on your doorstep.May 21, 2024May 21, 2024
Celebrities Must Go “Antiviral”“Celebrities are not people, they’re group hallucinations.”Apr 12, 2024Apr 12, 2024
“Titane” and The Transformative Power of Radical AcceptanceI don’t remember the last time I had to look away from a movie, or squinted my eyes nearly shut or literally did the peek through the slits…Mar 21, 2024Mar 21, 2024
Steven Spielberg Needs to Rewatch “War of the Worlds”“Is that the terrorists?”Feb 28, 2024Feb 28, 2024
Do You Really Want to Go to “Austenland”?Keri Russell’s Jane (get it, Jane Austen) — has a Problem. She likes Jane Austen too much. She has a Jane Austen themed bedroom as an…Feb 27, 2024Feb 27, 2024
“Cuba: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism” Delivers Hope“If every country followed Cuba, imperialist countries would have nothing to live on.”Feb 16, 2024Feb 16, 2024
We Must End the “Occupation of the American Mind”In what is called The Lebanon War of 1982, Israel was losing the public relations battle. Support for their colonial project was waning…Feb 12, 2024Feb 12, 2024