In Medias Res

It's Holy Saturday; tomorrow is Easter Day. So, a song from an artist who politely rejects the Christian faith, but who has nonetheless ...

I don't even play video games, but I can tell an irreplaceable thespian treasure when I see one, wherever he appears.

This started making the rounds last week, and it's pretty fantastic. Billy Joel, whatever crap the critics throw at him, is an artist an...

So, I started blogging 10 years ago today. (Just about at this exact moment, too.) We're on the road today--driving from Mississippi to ...

I feel bad at having not been able to find any live footage of the haunting, idiosyncratic jazz singer Cassandra Wilson performing any of he...

[Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] Last night, our delightful, thoughtful, ambitious, and very smart oldest daughter, now aged sixteen (...

Wynton Marsalis's reputation has gone through several ups and downs over the thirty years he's been active, but no one can ever deny...

Vicki Spencer's excellent Herder's Political Thought: A Study on Language, Culture, and Community is the second scholarly work on Jo...

Via Twitter. Can you name them all? (Melissa couldn't name Lorne or Paul, but she was the first to recognize Tom in the back.)

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