A Review of Obvious Child
“Good Morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. .. “What do you mean?” Gandalf said. “Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you…
A Review of The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex is Too Important to Define by Lance Lawhon
This review is a response to Jenell Williams Paris’ book, The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex is Too Important to Define. Her book is an in-depth review and critique of the sexual identity phenomenon. Here she examines its roots,…
Seven Stanzas at Easter by John Updike
Make no mistake: if he rose at all It was as His body; If the cell’s dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, The amino acids rekindle, The Church will fall. It was not as the flowers, Each soft spring…
It Is Marvelous in Our Eyes: Four Years of Hill House Concerts
“World-class music, warm hospitality, and even inspiration to create…” “We have enjoyed the fun, fellowship, and music at Hill House. These concerts have presented opportunities to add to my favorites list on my ipod and to discuss music with friends…”…
Portrait of an Artist in Exile: a review of Searching for Sugar Man
If you plan to see Searching for Sugar Man, please, stop reading this and watch the film first. Most films, in my opinion, should be viewed without introduction, if at all possible, but none more so than this. Should you…
Screwtape on Politics
For those of you unfamiliar with CS Lewis’ delightfully demonic character, Screwtape is the author of a collection of letters—The Screwtape Letters—in which he, in his role as senior demon, instructs his nephew, Wormwood, in how best to tempt his…
The Real Test: a Review of Ex Machina
“To be or not to be- that is the question.” Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1 Things were changing when Mortimer Adler published his The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes in 1966. The centuries-old belief that there is…