Max Landis gets right what Man of Steel got wrong about Superman
Man of Steel may be the year’s summer’s most polarizing film – for every person who loved it for the actions scenes and modern look at the Superman mythos, there was someone else who hated it for its...
View ArticleThe Quest for Justice or the Quest for Ratings – You may choose One
Over a year-and-a-half since the initial shooting of Treyvon Martin, following a long criminal trial and a far longer and far fiercer media storm surrounding the events that February night, a Florida...
View ArticleSharks are going Extinct – Here’s what you can do to stop it
It’s that time of the year again my dear readers. I, and millions of others commence a ritual that has been going on for twenty-six years now, tuning into the Discovery Channel for Shark Week. For the...
View Article50 years later, are we living the Reverend Doctor’s dream, or watched it turn...
Fifty years ago to the day, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that, in time, would be recognized as the signature moment of his life, the...
View ArticleRichmond Revitalized – Observations of my Changing City
While driving on my way to the Central Virginia Highland Games and Celtic Festival, I experienced a moment of some shock – while driving down North Boulevard, I noticed that a collection of...
View ArticleThings to do in Richmond in a Day
So you’ve got one day in Richmond? Despite the large numbers of hipsters and the vocal minority that continues to mourn the defeat of the Confederacy, I dare say Richmond is a great city. That’s not...
View ArticleThe World of the Communist Confederacy
Last year on May Day, I took the occasion to introduce you to one of my overarching fictional projects, a work of alternate history I’ve named after its most defining feature, the Communist...
View ArticleMy solution to the Washington Redskins name controversy
It's beginning to look like the NFL is going to have to play a game of political football before season’s kickoff this fall. The recurring controversy of the Washington Redskins chosen team name is...
View ArticleThe Greatest Paradox about Military Service
Today my dear readers, I am literally taking a stroll down memory lane. For the first time since 2010, I am standing in Fort Gordon, Georgia, a military base where I spent a year of my time in the US...
View ArticleBritish Weeaboos – Introducing the Teaboo
While there has been a notable British presence in global culture for centuries, and in modern pop culture since the British Invasion of the 60s, but one must admit, there has been an upswing as of...
View ArticleFireworks
Happy Independence Day my dear readers – if you don’t mind, today I’m going to be talking about something a little personal. Growing up, I used to love watching fireworks on the Fourth of July....
View ArticleIt’s Veteran’s Day – So why don’t you care?
Today is Veteran’s Day my dear readers. To those of you have served, one veteran to another, thank you. For everyone else, please keep reading before you do the same. I am marking the holiday as is...
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