I’ve been trying my best not to obsess about the news lately, which is why I’ve been spending less time here. (Blogging and obsessing about the news have always gone hand in hand with me.) On the plus side, this reallocation of bandwidth has given me more time to spend time with my family, take […]
Tag Archives: humanity
Watching The Pawnbroker and Blade Runner back to back
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged Blade Runner, emotions, holocaust, pawn shop, replicant, Rod Steiger, Roy Batty, Rutger Hauer, Sol Nazerman, Spanish Harlem, stigmata, The Pawnbroker 71 Comments
How do we reconcile these two visions for America’s future?
In the wake of this incredibly divisive campaign season which we just lived though, I can’t help but wonder whether our nation has a reasonable chance of surviving this perfect storm which has arisen around us, having been fed for so long by the forces of paranoia, fear, environmental volatility, and economic uncertainty, which are […]
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged being human, Christian soldiers, Christians under attack, demagoguery, Glenn Beck, Obama, persecution complex, RFK, Ripples of Hope, Robert Kennedy, wrath of an angry god 20 Comments