Gary AngelinGrief Book ClubA Grief Observed: Whatever Our Beliefs, We Suffer TogetherC.S. Lewis’s short book on grief covers the slow curve from the abyss to recoverySep 1824Sep 1824
Gary AngelinGrief Book ClubWhat is it About Music that Plucks the Strings of Grief so Furiously?Three times in the past few weeks I have found myself in tears. Three times! And each time, it was music tapping the wells of sorrow.Jul 3017Jul 3017
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