Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Occupying My Thoughts: I Was at Some of the OWS Predecessors

Councilman: When was the last time you cut your hair? Drama Teacher: When was the time you brushed your teeth, sir? Billy Jack, 1971 Protester Chris Johnson, 32: Occupy "has opened up a dialogue that hasn’t existed since I've been alive." #OWS Brian Stelter tweet, 11/15/2011 That exchange from...
              

Saturday, December 24, 2011

O, Holy Night!

  Christmas Eve is the most distinctive night of the year. As an adult the frisson comes from the commemoration of Verbum caro factum est: And the Word was made flesh. In simplest terms, the creator of life sent his son to help people cope with the painful difficulties of being human. Which...
              

Saturday, December 17, 2011

A Visit from a Friend of Dudley's from The Bishop's Wife

I’m not particularly fond of angel pictures, neither tv nor features. I never got into Touched by an Angel, or Highway to Heaven, and even Holly Hunter’s grittier Saving Grace doesn’t draw me in. But there was an angel named Dudley who made an impression. I saw The Bishop’s Wife as a child, and I...
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchens: So Women Aren't Funny, but We Can Appreciate You & Kipling

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling I was a fan of Christopher Hitchens's literary side, not his political or theological pursuits. I love that one his last articles was a reflection on Rudyard Kipling for Slate. I enjoyed many of his literary essays for The Atlantic through the years, and am so happy that they are online to read again. But it was his hilarious,...
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