Tag: Arts & Culture

Dining with Thomas Jefferson: Travel Back in Time for a Lively Evening of Wisdom and Whimsy

In 1962, our young, charismatic president John F. Kennedy was entertaining the year’s Nobel Prize winners at the White House. He said of the group, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas…


Miso Hungry | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. What if there were a way to lose weight and live a longer, healthier life without giving up delicious meals or spending hours at the gym? Wouldn’t you want to know this secret to effortless good health? * Click the “Save” button…


Film Review: ‘Guillermo de Toro’s Pinocchio’: Slightly Dark But Still Kid Friendly

PG | 1h 57m | Children, Fairy Tale | December 9, 2022 “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi and “Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up,” among others, are “evergreen” fables for boys that circle back around in movie form at least once per generation. They carry big archetypal themes about the hero’s journey, boyhood,…


Book Review: ‘Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal’

I have long admired the writing and fastidious research of historian David Pietrusza, but “Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal” is his magnum opus, at least to date. Much more so than other Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) biographies, Pietrusza’s incredible enquiries and presentations of dialogue from the mid-1930s…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Pocketful of Miracles’: An Entertaining Comedy for the Holidays

1961 | Approved | 2h 16m | Comedy, Drama ‘Tis the season to be merry and for getting together with friends and family to watch charming Christmas movies. Of course, the usual titles invariably pop up, such as “It’s a Wonderful Life (1946),” “White Christmas (1954),” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964).” There are also…


Margaret Cavendish: Promoting a Virtuous Life

The idea of virtue elicits mostly yawns these days. And to say that virtue is real, not relative, or that all virtues aren’t equal, is likely to provoke hostility. What would someone from centuries past have to say about the “do what feels good” ethic of laziness that dominates society today? We seldom consider what…


The Sound of War and Music

On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic. Lindbergh flew 33 1/2 hours straight, covering 3,600 miles from Long Island to Paris. The wheels had hardly touched down in Paris before the world launched into a chorus of praise for the American pilot, and no form of…


Book Recommender: ‘Pioneer Girl,’ A Look into the Spellbinding, Never-Before-Published Manuscript of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Few consider their circumstances or the era in which they live as distinct or significant until later-in-life reflection. This was the case for Laura Ingalls Wilder. Born in the Big Woods region of Wisconsin two years after the Civil War’s end, Wilder spent her childhood and adult life enduring every imaginable hardship and heartache in…


PREMIERING 12/16 at 9:30AM ET: Uncle Tom II | Documentary

“Uncle Tom II” is an odyssey depicting the gradual demoralization of America through Marxist infiltration of its institutions. The film explores how the deceptive Marxist ideology has torn apart the fabric of society while using black America as its number one tool for its destructive intentions. From executive producer Larry Elder and director Justin Malone comes…


Online Series Review: ‘The Spectacular’: Fanataticsm of the IRA Fully Exposed

NR | 4 episodes | thriller | Dec. 15, 2022 The Provisional IRA had a weak grasp of economics, basically adopting the Marxism of their international sponsors, but they understood geography, especially the Limburg region of the Netherlands as the center for their foreign operations, because it bordered Belgium and Germany. As it was in…