We watched “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” the other night. No, I wouldn’t call it “anti-Catholic,” as some of my Catholic friends have, for the simple reason that they would suggest that it is therefore “pro-Protestant.” It isn’t.
As the commentaries on the DVD by director Shekhar Kapur make clear, he’s trying to make a morality play [...]
February 28, 2008
Elizabeth: The Gnostic Myth
February 28, 2008
Dean’s Ironic Sense of History
Howard Dean went to Georgetown to speak about Black History month. He said the Republican slate of candidates for the presidency “looks like the 1950s and talks like the 1850s.” He intended it as an insult. He seems to have forgotten that in the 1850s the Republican party was advocating abolition of slavery–it was founded [...]
February 28, 2008
Time Flies
So. My son got his letter of acceptance yesterday from SWAU. His high school graduation is May 30, and two days later he turns 19.
