The Symbolism of Santa Claus
My wife and I have only loosely weaved the figure of Santa Claus into our Christmas celebrations. Neither of us feel very strongly about Santa one way or another, although we have family members...
Category: Culture
My LEGO Team of Mighty Heroes
I’m going to go out on a limb and declare that I am more attached to my son’s Lego toys than he is. And he simply thinks the world of them. The boy has...
Nerd Post: The Five Best Video Game Music Renditions
Orchestrated video game scores have been on the market for years, but I’ve lately come across more and more creative interpretations of famous game music themes. I love listening to these. They bring back...
Finding the Right Fit for Star Wars Episode VII
Alyssa Rosenberg pushes back against the idea of handing Joss Whedon the keys to the pop culture kingdom, arguing against the creator of Buffy and Firefly running the next Star Wars movie. According to...
Wednesday Philosophical Query: Renditions, Adaptations, New Versions
With the prospect of Star Wars jumping to a light speed joy ride beyond Lucas’s watchful eye and tight control, and with yet another gritty action-packed retelling of a classic fairy tale on the...
Disney to Make Star Wars Episode VII: Will the Force Be With Them?
A long, long time ago (in Internet time) I expressed my desire to see Star Wars re-imagined and remade. With the news today that Disney has bought Lucasfilm and plans to run and grow...
Wednesday Philosophical Query: Art and Self-Understanding
From Gadamer’s great Truth and Method: The pantheon of art is not a timeless present that presents itself to pure aesthetic consciousness, but the act of a mind and spirit that has collected and...
Wednesday Philosophical Query: Equal Pay Edition
Romney started a meme with his factually questionable “Show me the women” answer to yesterday’s debate question about equal pay for men and women, but I cringed more at Obama’s poorly stated response. The...
Romney Just Doesn’t Care About Abortion Policy
As if further evidence were needed, pro-lifers just received another reality check that Mitt Romney doesn’t give a discarded gray hair for their cause. He told The Des Moines Register today that “there’s no...
Politicians Shouldn’t “Wear God”
I’m trying to think of a more superficial assessment of American religiosity than this Washington Post piece about Romney capturing the “God vote” at the debate, but nothing comes to mind. Zack Beauchamp calls...
