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Hubris in Great Literature: Hero or Villian

Art November 17, 2025

I have always been interested in the issue of hubris. My most favorite classical dramatic plays and novels deal with the issue of hubris. In college I took many courses in literature, philosophy, and...

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America’s Big Holiday Season Parades, 2025

Travel November 12, 2025

Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s parades have become an annual family tradition, where thousands enjoy the community holiday spirit. Parades include tree lightings, floats,...

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Literature November 10, 2025

Cops of the future will look like systems administrators today. They loiter at their desks, absorbed by the glow of their monitors running mesmerizing...

Rembrandt Self Portraits

Art November 5, 2025

Rembrandt’s Self Portraits are the most magisterial triumphs of one of civilization’s greatest artists. I have seen many of his paintings, drawings, and etchings...

Hamilton the Musical that Inspired a New Generation

Music November 3, 2025

So, Lin-Manuel took history and turned it into a hip-hop opera of pure genius. Recasting the Founding Fathers with performers? Throw in bars that...

The Seductive Sirens of Screams on the Silver Screen

Film October 29, 2025

In the dark, twisted world of horror, power often lies not in the fangs of monsters or the weapons of killers, but in the...

A Scientific Stance on Ghosts, Demons, Angels, and Aliens

Halloween October 27, 2025

Every Halloween, we cozy up to fear like it’s an old friend. Ghost stories, demonic possessions, ancient curses, and alien abductions are sold to...

Halloween Classical Music – Part Two

Music October 22, 2025

Night On Bald Mountain A demon orchestrates dancing ghosts at the Witch’s Sabbath on Bald Mountain. Dramatic music by Modest Mussorgsky (18939- 1881). It was...

Film Noir Horror Movies

Movies October 20, 2025

Who doesn’t like a good old-fashioned horror movie that curls your toes and sends chills up your spine? I once heard a psychologist say...

Halloween Classical Music – Part One

Music October 15, 2025

Spice up your Halloween party or your Trick or Treat decorations with fun and spooky classical Halloween music. The Vampire Masquerade Count Dracula’s vampire masquerade...

“Cabin in the Woods” a Horror Apocalypse

Halloween October 13, 2025

Oh yes, the buttoned-up suits who sip coffee while teens are slaughtered like cattle, how grotesque. But morality isn't measured by aesthetics. It's measured...