2007-04-03
Bob Crane and the burdens of masculinity
When I was writing the story on the mysterious murder of Bob Crane for Court TV’s Crime Library, I was struck by the way aspects of his career and life appear to epitomize certain troubling aspects of manhood.
First, there was the television program that made him famous, “Hogan’s Heroes.” It was a TV situation [...]
2007-03-31
Bed: a place to rest, sleep, watch TV, read, and listen to audio programs
The Travelodge hotel chain recently took a poll, asking people what they most liked to do in bed. Sex was fourth behind reading, watching TV, and sleeping.
Our cultural concentration on sex and the association of bed with that activity can lead us to lose sight of the simple but vital truth that bed is primarily [...]
2007-03-27
Fear of divorce should not prevent marriage
I just finished reading “Ecstasy and Me” which purports to be an autobiography of the late screen siren Hedy Lamarr although Lamarr sued the publishers over what she claimed were sensationalized fictionalizations put in by the ghostwriter.
However, it is no fiction that Lamarr was married and divorced six times. This got me thinking about [...]
2006-12-05
Reverence and Vanity at High Noon
According to a recent article at TCS Daily, Islam and the West have entered a new phase of the 100-year war. Advocates of the Caliphate are advancing their cause in Latin America in an effort to drum up opposition to U.S. interests right in our own hemisphere. Call it the Lebanonification of the Americas.
MND columnist [...]
2006-07-30
Protected: Bill Moyers: Unholy Poster Boy For a 501(c)(3) “Family Business”
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Protected: Thank you, Bill Moyers: you’re a guy
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Protected: Bill Moyers: A Hero’s Vacuum (alt.: who’s transparent NOW?)
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Protected: Bill Moyers: Mr. Beefcakes - DC Style
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Protected: Muad’Dib to Bill Moyers: Who’s the Harkonnen NOW?
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Coming Clean on Science and Religion
A distinctly underappreciated BlogWonk named Gonzman made a very telling remark on his blog a few weeks ago. I doubt if anyone beyond a few diehard fans like myself noticed it, but the Gonzman’s point was that - as far as he was concerned - any theocratic position that does not affirm the basic Catholic [...]
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My g-Globe: Intelligent Design in a Nutshell
Last week, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking told a packed audience at Hong Kong’s University of Science and Technology that the late Pope John Paul II once discouraged him from asking too many questions about the origins of the universe.
It’s a pity we can’t hear the Pope’s side of the story - but maybe someday science [...]
