Gary AngelInside Out 2For a few minutes near the end, its animation achieves, with its dynamic movement, the nuance and depth that almost always requires actors.Jul 4Jul 4
Gary AngelRebranding AtheismBenjamin Cain demolishes nontheism as a bad rebranding of atheism. That seems right to me, but atheism does need some kind of re-branding.Jul 12Jul 12
Gary AngelFinally, the Election We DeserveYes, these may be the worse presidential candidates of our lifetime. Perhaps even of our history? But maybe that’s what we really want.Jun 27Jun 27
Gary AngelToo Old (or too Comfortable?) for Romantic LoveJ.M. Coetzee’s The Pole explores late-life, romantic love and what it means to be loved when we can no longer take romance seriously.Jun 24Jun 24
Gary AngelThe Death of Expertise: Murder or Suicide?If expertise is (as Tom Nichols argues) dying, are relativism, credentialism, and the internet to blame? Or are the wounds self-inflicted?Jun 16Jun 16
Gary AngelThe American TrilogyDisaster, Silliness and Pride highlight my favorite streaming recommendations from May. All, quite accidentally, about America.Jun 6Jun 6
Gary AngelRemembering Lives: Blueberry Bushes and Guava PastriesMay not be the stuff of big lives. But these two people meant a surprising amount to me and, I suspect, to many others. In their memory…Jun 43Jun 43
Gary AngelDamn You! Politeness IS a VirtueNobody seems to give a damn about politeness. Even when given a place in the virtues, it gets short shrift as a gateway drug to morality.May 2619May 2619
Gary AngelIs Love a Virtue?A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues puts love first and foremost in the pantheon of virtues. But is it even a virtue?May 19May 19
Gary AngelSafe vs. Exploratory LivesWe have a farting, sweaty, direct relationship with conventional lives. With big, risky lives, we have have pull-out center-fold image.May 12May 12
