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And your fantasy is... football?

faithfool wrote 9 hours ago: Reflections on the phenomenon of fantasy football. It’s that time of year again.  A crisp bre … more →

Tags: ABOUT THE AUTHOR, Human Nature, Life, Manhood, Social commentary, what the hell is wrong with me?, athleticism, athletics, Fantasy Football

Race. Yes, Again...24 comments

jonnystar wrote 1 day ago: When I wrote the article on Libertarian Marxism, I said to myself that I bet people will not discuss … more →

Tags: Local Politics

Affluenza: Have you caught it?2 comments

jdodson wrote 3 days ago: PBS ran a TV series called Affluenza. In 2001, this series was followed up by a book by the same na … more →

Tags: Books, Cultural Engagement, Engaging Culture, Affluenza

What the...72 comments

jonnystar wrote 1 week ago: I gotta say I was shocked to hear about this stabbing. Eighteen. Only eighteen. I really do feel … more →

Do as we say...1 comment

jeffsdeepthoughts wrote 1 week ago: MSN Today     Body Language5 signs he’s into you … & 5 he’s notMore on MS … more →

Tags: kids, parenthood, internet safety, sexualization

Sex vs. Batman2 comments

faithfool wrote 1 week ago: Once upon a time there was a man named Batman. He had lots of money, lots of skills, and kicked som … more →

Tags: ABOUT THE AUTHOR, Essay, Human Nature, Humor, Life, Love, Marriage, pop culture, sex

Prince Caspian

jeffsdeepthoughts wrote 2 weeks ago: Because so many people bashed the newish Narnia flick, I didn’t see it in the big, expensive, … more →

Tags: Theology, CS Lewis, Exodus, Holocaust, Prince Caspian

Thomas Frank returns with The Wrecking Crew1 comment

tirado wrote 2 weeks ago: I turned on the radio last night midway through “Fresh Air” to hear someone talking abo … more →

Tags: Books, Politics, thomas frank, New Books, wrecking crew, The Baffler, book tour, governance, Social criticism

Fuck Cultural Criticism?

boothish wrote 2 weeks ago: Greg Tate-Dean of Soul Culture Critic University Came across an interesting article in the South Af … more →

Tags: Authors, Books, media, greg tate, pauline kael

A hot button topic.3 comments

jeffsdeepthoughts wrote 2 weeks ago: The hot-button mentioned in the title isn’t like abortion or immigration of the presidential e … more →

Tags: extended metaphor, twilight, meyer, objectifaction, means to an end

The Dark Knight and the ends justifying the means

jeffsdeepthoughts wrote 4 weeks ago: Lots of people have mentioned what an amazing movie The Dark Knight is.  And I think they are right … more →

Tags: Batman, Harvey Dent, Two-Face, comissioner gordon, Dark Knight, Violence, end justifies the means, idealogy, SAW

Hellboy vs. Spawn vs. Ghostrider vs. Batman4 comments

faithfool wrote 1 month ago: Includes a review of “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” without blatant spoilers. There hav … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, superheroes, Human Nature, Comic Books, Life, Manhood, Hellboy, Hell Boy, spawn

Netflix/Cable: Do you own them? Or do they own you?

faithfool wrote 1 month ago: Two of our grandest pre-marital achievements have been the establishment of a Netflix account and th … more →

Tags: Human Nature, pop culture, Cable, TV, Netflix, DVD, dvds

Warning Millenials, Warning! You are under attack!

sonnypi67 wrote 1 month ago: To arms! To arms! Or in this case: To the books! To the books! As well as newspapers and sustantive … more →

Tags: Gen X, Generation X, Life, Politics, Books, Television, TV, pop culture, Popular Culture

More new books but old authors

Adair wrote 1 month ago: Because I was in Border’s a few days ago, I’ve added two new books to my collection. Eep … more →

Tags: What I'm Reading, Books, Culture, Ender, ender's game, Fiction, House of Spirits, Isabelle Allende, magical realism

Fox News Fumble2 comments

LocquaciousLogician wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: The real world

What we want, what we need

jeffsdeepthoughts wrote 1 month ago: The excellent “Geography of Bliss” spends a couple paragraphs talking about some pretty … more →

Tags: want, NEED, geography of bliss

Rights and duties5 comments

jeffsdeepthoughts wrote 1 month ago: I followed a post here with some interest.  It was on the topic of flirting.  A few different side … more →

Tags: Theology, Flirtation, duty-based, rights-based

Empire - Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri3 comments

sytaffel wrote 1 month ago: Hardt and Negri’s much lauded text has been a major talking point amongst radical left wing t … more →

Tags: activism, Book Review, communism, Empire, Hardt, Multitude, Negri, Postmodernism


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