I would like us to honor our troops today by committing ourselves to not throwing away their lives and families on unnecessary foreign wars. I would also like us to honor our troops today by actually supporting them when they return: by adequately funding and staffing VHA services and hospitals, and by helping them getContinue reading “For Memorial Day: Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator”
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Steve Martin and the Atheist Hymnal
Updated 29th May at 10:35 a.m. with a discussion of atheism as a methodological assumption and of miracles. Updated May 25th at 9:40 p.m. with another video and a Type 4 atheism: “Christian atheism.” Scroll down to check them out. My Facebook buddy Artur Sebastian Rosman recently posted to his FB group Cosmos in theContinue reading “Steve Martin and the Atheist Hymnal”
Meet the Dullards
Latest hilarious installment from our local library… Finally, Mr. Dullard tore his gaze away [from the paint drying on the wall]. “I think–” he began. Mrs. Dullard shook her head. “No thinking,” she reminded her husband. “It sets a bad example for the children.”
Sleep well, B.B. King
I was lucky enough to see B.B. King in Morristown, NJ in the early 2000s, sometime before 2004. Yes, it was a great show, and he was a great performer and guitarist, but what impressed me the most at the time was that whatever he’d been all his life (I just don’t know), he’d becomeContinue reading “Sleep well, B.B. King”
Online Gallery Open: Blake in the Heartland
The online gallery for the Blake in the Heartland exhibit is now available. The online gallery page links to images of all works shown in the exhibit organized by artist and by Blake’s original title, images of the opening reception, and images of one of Michael Phillips’s printmaking demonstrations that illustrate his methods, materials, and results. PagesContinue reading “Online Gallery Open: Blake in the Heartland”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 