Author: Kyle Cupp
Deceiving for Your Truth
Two recent news stories caught my eye for the same reason: both are about instances of the increasingly popular phenomenon of undercover activists deceiving their targets in order to expose some alleged truth about...
Symbolic Riches: A Review of ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’
As not a few critics have remarked, Snow White and the Huntsman suffers from having a commercial director at its helm: Rupert Sanders, in his feature debut, doesn’t organize the story as tightly and...
God Isn’t Here
Thunder, wind, and hail woke us up about 3:00 am last night. At the kind command of my wife, I got out of bed, stumbled downstairs, and got online to check for any tornado...
Spotify Challenge for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fans
I need your help, friends, with putting together a Spotify playlist of thirty-three tracks from science fiction, fantasy, fairy tale, or otherwise otherworldly films, television shows, and video games. Please leave suggestions in the...
First Thoughts: Snow White and the Huntsman Soundtrack
I’ve been doing searches on Spotify over the past week or so for the soundtrack to Snow White and the Huntsman, so you can imagine my joy this morning on discovering its sudden availability. ...
Memories of Valor
Freddie DeBoer defends Chris Hayes’s willingness to judge soldiers as individuals rather than give them blanket praise. His thesis: “there is no such thing as praise that does not recognize the individual character of...
Echoes on the Road
“The sound of the air blasts rolled down the hillside and over the fields. With never a pause, tiny figures in gray next to each gun quickly reloaded. Alessandro’s infatuation with Janet was overwhelmed...
The Market Value of Soiled Sheets
True story: some months ago my wife purchased some bedding sheets from one of the nation’s largest off-price retail stores. I won’t say which or give you a hint like “character on Friends” because...
