by Fernando J. Contreras (originally published in Hades United)
After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Rudy Giuliani, then the mayor of New York, was praised for his…
by Fernando J. Contreras
This article was originally published on Hades United.
Recently, my wife asked me to go to a neighborhood meeting, and I said no. Then she asked why, and I told her that the part of the answer that mattered…
The sermon of today is religion. I know, you probably already made up your mind, so why debate it?
The Game of Thrones Issueby Fernando J. Contreras
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For the past two weeks I’ve been working on a play: The Man With All The Answers…
Famous Deaths, an art exhibition hosted at Montreal’s Phi Centre, immerses visitors in a sensory experience crafted around the last four minutes of life of either Whitney Houston or John F. Kennedy. Unlike most artworks, this is not the kind you…
Faith in America, like its buildings and roads, mostly fulfills a practical purpose. The spiritual components of faith also exist, but the relationship between…
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Introduction to the CourseWe live in the age of connectedness. Correction, we…
When I see a writer working on a script while leafing through a “how-to” book, I think, Such a long road ahead! I picture what it’d be like to start from zero at my age, and it feels like being forced to date after the…
By Fernando J. Contreras
This post originally appeared in Hades United.
We like to think that rationality lies behind our actions, but when it comes to night photography, logic falters. It appears to make sense: there’s not enough light, so…