There had been signs of what we would later think of as modernity through much of the nineteenth century, and modernism was already a fully realized artistic development; still it is remarkable to witness this early vision of the mass metropolis, of teeming anonymity. Influenced by the great German films of the time, King Vidor‘s […]
Eating Poetry (XXVIII) – “The Gaffe”
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Humanism and Morality
Image via Wikipedia There has been a wonderful and long discussion going on over at Augean Stables “On Atheist Morality,” proprietor Richard Landes’s post building upon a column by Jeff Jacoby of The Boston Globe entitled “Created by God to Be Good.” I am mostly going to address Jacoby’s argument, though I will comment on […]
Cinefile – “I’ll be there”
Yesterday, the Republicans, who begrudge laid off workers their unemployment benefits and once more threaten not to extend them, refused to extend tax cuts for any American because they couldn’t get them for every dollar over $250,000 for the affluent and wealthy. That’s what they stand for. In the well of the Senate, Bernie Sanders […]
Good God. Or Not.
Image by Andrew Rusk via Flickr Last Friday in Toronto Christopher Hitchens debated Tony Blair on religion. That was bound to be an entertainment. Whether it turned out, in fact, to be so I do not know. You can find out by shelling out your $2.99 (it was $4.99 for the live stream) to the […]