Review: Maestro — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott
In his landmark passion project, Bradley Cooper gets it just right.
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Django
Tensions rise when a family attempts to nurse an injured fawn back to health.
Reindeer Games: Are Dasher and Donner Getting Merry on Magic Mushrooms?
What makes Santa’s reindeer fly? Paul Hetzler posits freaky fungi.
The Present
Are this college professor’s problems psychological or chronological?
Considering History: The History of a Hemispheric Vision of the U.S.
The Monroe Doctrine, Édouard Glissant, Henry Clay, and the Organization of American States have all shaped the United States’ relationship with the rest of the Western Hemisphere.
50 Years in a Disco Daze
Fifty years ago, the world went dancing.
I Learned to Ski in My Fifties: Why It’s Never Too Late to Pick Up a New, Adventurous Hobby
Learning to ski at 50? Why not? White water rafting? Where’s the boat? Hot air ballooning? Sign me up! Your fifties – or later – can be a time of firsts.
News of the Week: Old News, Black Friday Blues, and Would You Watch Hallmark Movies for $2,500?
In the news for the week ending November 24, 2023, are Thanksgiving leftovers, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and lots and lots of Hallmark moves.
Adventures in Raising a Guide Dog, Part 4
When Lester the guide dog went in for her formal training in January of this year, we had no idea where she would wind up or whether we would ever see her again. Now we know how the story ends.
Call It Something Else
A floundering campaign leads to a conference-room showdown between the account managers and public relations.
Considering History: Remembering General Smedley Butler’s Anti-War Activism for Veterans Day
One of the most decorated military figures in American history dedicated his final decade of life to making the case that supporting veterans and active-duty servicemen and women required opposing both wars and the military-industrial complex.
40 Years Ago: The Day After Imagined a Nuclear November
Cold War anxiety found expression in the entertainment of 1983.
Changing My Religion
It’s time to take a leap of faith and try something new.
Orphan Trains and Children’s Aid: The Compassion of Charles Loring Brace
In the 1800s, one man established a revolutionary model for child protection that continues to serve as the foundation for our child welfare system.
News of the Week: Flannel Shirt Weather, Matthew Perry, and David Copperfield and the Vanishing Moon
In the news for the week ending November 3, 2023, are chilly days that lend themselves to home-baked bread, flannel shirts, and even a little Sinatra.
The Best Screen Draculas
Whether they played him for laughs or for screams, these are the killer Counts.