Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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Critics have generally praised the film, save until politics inevitably enters the picture, namely the depiction of the obsessive nature of genius and the role of women in 1957 Italy of all places, not exactly a hot bed of progressivism. The name “Ferrari” is legendary around the world, conjuring images of exotic, high performance cars… Continue reading Ferrari and the politicization of everything, either cave to progressive demands or be cast out
It’s sad, but not altogether surprising that tired cliches and worn tropes, which make even less sense wrapped around a beautiful female lead and a buff male costar, can so thoroughly impress people whose primary job function is to be critical. Last year, Barbie premiered to record box office returns and significant critical acclaim. Reviewers… Continue reading Barbie and the intellectual bankruptcy of the establishment
Dan Aykroyd in blackface? The N-word? Greedy capitalists? A rape by an ape? On the problematic side, Trading Places has it all, but if you look beneath the surface these aspects are all in the service of a downright progressive theme. Of course, the woke are incapable of doing so... To claim Trading Places, the 1983 Christmas comedy starring Eddie… Continue reading Trading Places is the problematic Christmas movie that’s perfect for our era
You might not ever be gathered with the same people in the same place, not next year, not ever. So this Christmas, sever yourself from the past and the future, stop calculating everything, and simply enjoy it. It may seem like a bad dream only two short years later, but the experts recommended we cancel,… Continue reading This Christmas, celebrate the magic of the moment
Shakespeare isn’t a puzzle box to be unlocked or a cipher to be decrypted. He is instead a universe to be explored and in that regard, no one in history has even come close. Ultimately, your opinion is likely based on your opinion on the purpose of art itself. The 400th anniversary of the publication… Continue reading Shakespeare friends and foes, Falstaff, and the idea of art as a mirror to the soul
Boston University’s Ibram X. Kendi, Harvard’s Claudine Gay, and others reveal their inherent racism and ignorance with almost every single nonsensical statement they make. Would you rather be a Jewish white person in Palestine or a Muslim brown person in my majority white, decidedly middle class hometown of Hazlet, NJ? “Whiteness prevents white people from… Continue reading Academia is irredeemably racist, hopelessly ignorant, and must be defunded immediately
Do you know what would be awesome? If Tom Cruise tried to kill Adolph Hitler! Wait, some dude named von Stauffenberg who happened to be a slick, good looking Nazi Colonel tried to do that with a bomb. Really? Here’s a check for $75 million. Make it happen and make sure Cruise looks good with… Continue reading Tom Cruise: Revisiting the time he played a Nazi trying to kill Adolph Hitler in 2008’s Valkyrie
A forgotten gem from Tunnel of Love offers no gloss, cover, or potential escape, lyrically or musically until the very end. This couple doesn’t even appear to have fond memories to haunt them. The riff, like we assume their relationship has to be as well, is exceedingly short and simple, pumping up and down like… Continue reading Springsteen’s searing “Spare Parts”
Humanity is a curious creature by nature, social and competitive to a fault, and has ever been hungry for information, seeking new ways to consume and distribute media of all kinds for thousands of years. “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that… Continue reading The media and technology might make easy targets, but they are not the root cause of society’s ills
The Bard wasn’t a scientist, unless you consider him an explorer of the human mind as some critics have asserted, and yet if we can divine one overarching theme he pursued, we might say it is uncertainty itself. Sonnet 94 is perhaps his greatest achievement in this regard, as the meaning changes based on the… Continue reading Shakespeare’s quantum mechanics in verse form
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 