Judging by the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision and the defeats of Rafael Nadal and the German soccer team, the world passed through a strange portal this past Thursday.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Portal Fantasies – Nadal Loses, Italy Wins
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged 1Q84, Alices through the Looking-Glass, English Soccer, German Soccer, Haruki Murakami, Importance of Being Earnest, Italian Soccer, Jud, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, Rafael Nadal, Roger Fedderer, Sports Comments closed
Supremes’ Obamacare Decision, The Film
Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare had all the makings of a Hollywood thriller.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Destry Rides Again, Film, Grapes of Wrath, Hannah and Her Sisters, Hunt for Red October, It's a Wonderful Life, Obama Care, Shane, Sting, Supreme Court Comments closed
Walking a Pilgrimage, Rediscovering Trees
Walking El Camino de Santiago, a friend discovered the healing power described by David Lodge in “Therapy.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged David Lodge, Direction of the Road, El Camino de Santiago, pilgrimage, Therapy, Ursula K. LeGuin, Walking Comments closed
Lonesome Dove & Rightwing Texas Politics
Larry McMurtry identifies the looming Texas identity crisis that has to libertarian and Tea Party acting out.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Gail Collins, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove, politics, Texas Comments closed
High Art, Low Art, and Murakami
Murakami’s “1Q84” seamlessly moves between high art and pop culture, complicating the issue of guilty reading pleasures.
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“100 Years of Solitude” vs. United Fruit
In a battle between Garcia Marquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” and the corporate behemoth United Fruit, the novel ultimately won.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged 100 Years of Solitude, Colonialism, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Repression, United Fruit Comments closed
Acknowledging the Mysteries of Creation
Novelist Marilynne Robinson takes to task both narrow-minded scientists and narrow-minded believers and holds up fiction as a powerful road to truth.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Gilead, Marilynne Robinson, Spirituality, When I Was a Child I Read Books Comments closed
“Hunger Games” a Key to LeBron’s Win
LeBron James may love “The Hunger Games” because he sees in it his own struggles with the NBA.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Basketball, Hunger Games, Lebron James, publicity, Sports, Suzanne Collins Comments closed
Austen, Gothic Horrors, and Husbands
The 2007 Masterpiece Theater version of “Northanger Abbey” plugs into themes uncovered by 20th century feminists.
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