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"Hill House": Haunted by What Might Have Been

The great nonsense of cultural relativism has been superseded by personal relativism. Values are now relative to each person. Shirley...

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"Hill House": Haunted by What Might Have Been

The great nonsense of cultural relativism has been superseded by personal relativism. Values are now relative to each person. Shirley...

Who's Watching Who in "The Virgin Suicides"?

Let's talk about the most challenging — to some the most troubling — aspect of Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides. Earlier this year,...

A Few Recommendations...

I'm on a brief hiatus this week, so I thought I'd share a few things I've read, watched, and listened to in recent weeks that you might...

Reading Fast, Writing Slow

On keeping a notebook, copying out passages from your reading, and why it's worth remembering certain things. Whenever I sit down to...

The Double Take: Re-watching "The 13th Warrior"

In the second edition of the series, I re-watch John McTiernan's 1999 movie, The 13th Warrior, and wonder if it's time to put away...

The Mind-Wandering of Oppenheimer

Why we should be promiscuous in our love of ideas. One of the ironies of Robert Oppenheimer’s life is that his legacy rests on a single...