Friday Food for Thought: September 2026
“Anybody who is experiencing something is more expert than the experts.” -Gloria Steinem
Silly Love Songs: Revisiting Les Miserables
Given the choice of redeeming some of the wretched, or losing them all, which path will we take?
The Frontier is Never Final: Star Trek at Sixty
The mission is vital, and the chance may never come again.
The Movies We Shouldn’t Love, Part 4: The Professional (1994)
The Professional is a hybrid French/U.S. production, an American thriller with a European aesthetic.
A Literary Offer You Can’t Refuse
My books are now free to download from this site for as long as WordPress permits.
The Spy Who Read Me: My For Your Eyes Only Reader’s Guide
Unlike the previous Bond books, For Your Eyes Only is a collection of five short stories.
Yesterday’s a Dream: Clive Davis and the End of the World as We Know It
The death of a gatekeeper like Clive Davis is a marker down the road of lost culture, and as we lose our culture we increasingly lose what it means to be a human society.
“We Live in Times of Terrible Confusion”: Revisiting Les Miserables
Death is always present, particularly for those forced to live on the margins, and that is another of Les Miserables’ themes.
The Time My Ignorant Ears Heard Sonny Rollins
“You might look back in fifty years and say, ‘That was the last good time.’”
Shaped by Time and Trouble: Revisiting Les Miserables
Discovering the next chapter of Les Miserables has become a welcome addition to my daily routine.
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