Woodrow Wilson was possibly the most consequential president of the 20th century. His presidency has alternatingly been praised and condemned throughout the century since he left office in 1921. Wilson has been looked upon through an almost bipolarized lens as a man of dignity, integrity, wisdom, brilliance, pride, condescension, unconstitutional perspective, and self-destruction. Woodrow Wilson…
Book Review: ‘The Madman in the White House: Sigmund Freud, Ambassador Bullitt, and the Lost Psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson’
Vulgar Distinctions: T.S. Arthur’s Short Story, ‘Going to the Springs’
When we judge others’ merit by their fashion, rank, or wealth, rather than by their morality, we become vulgar. Morality and purity of heart prove our worth, not status or fashion. In his short story, “Going to the Springs,” T. S. Arthur shows that morality is far superior to rank, riches, and fashions. He shows…
‘Sweet Kitty Wells’: Soulful Country Ballads and Downhome, Southern Cooking
One of country music’s brightest stars, Kitty Wells amassed 64 top 40 hits during her tenure performing from 1936 to 2000. Getting her start by recording gospel music with her husband Johnnie Wright throughout the ’30s and ’40s, her 1952 breakout hit “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” ushered her forward to become…
End of an Era: Phantom of the Opera Leaves Broadway
April 15, 2023
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The departure of Phantom of the Opera from Broadway marks the end of a historical era. Phantom was the longest-running show in Broadway history, generating $6 billion worldwide and holding the title of the most successful entertainment event until The Lion King. The complex plot, depth of characters, and remarkably talented actors have set a…
Film Review: ‘One Day as a Lion’: Scott Caan Finally Exits Dad James’s Long Shadow
R | 1h 27m | Comedy, Action, Thriller | April 4, 2023 Written by and starring Scott Caan, son of the great James Caan who played Sonny in “The Godfather,” “One Day as a Lion” is a fun, laconic, low-budget ensemble crime comedy, wherein everything is highly subject to multiple attacks of Murphy’s Law. Caan wrote a nice…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Defiance’
R | 2 h 17 min | Drama, Biopic | 2008 “Every day of freedom is like an act of faith. Our revenge is to live.” Those lines, uttered by the lead character in Edward Zwick’s film, capture its essence. A professor of sociology and Holocaust survivor-scholar from Connecticut, Nechama Tec, once wrote a book…
Alexander Hamilton Helps the Nation Become a Major Economic Force
April 15, 2023
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Many people know Alexander Hamilton as the man whose face is on the 10-dollar bill, but many do not know why. Even though he was never a president like George Washington on the one-dollar bill or Abraham Lincoln on the five, Hamilton’s contributions in the nation’s early years earned him the nickname the “Father of…
‘The Lady of Shalott’: Waterhouse’s Realization of Tennyson’s Classic Tragedy
In the early-19th century, English poet Alfred Tennyson wrote one of his best-known works, “The Lady of Shalott.” Inspired by the 13th-century Italian novellina “Donna di Scalotta,” the poem draws from Arthurian subject matter to tell the tragic story of Elaine of Astolat, a young noblewoman stranded in a tower up the river from the…
Profiles in History: William Harlow Reed: Wyoming’s Fossil Hunter
April 15, 2023
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William Harlow Reed (1848–1915) was the eldest of 10 children born to Scottish parents. Born in Connecticut at the start of the California Gold Rush, he grew up hearing stories about western expansion, Indian fights, great discoveries of natural fortunes and fossils, and battles of the Civil War. He ran away from home several times…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘A Raisin in the Sun’: Dreams Deferred Aren’t Always Dead
PG | 2 h 8 min | Drama | 1961 Lorraine Hansberry begins her award-winning play with one word that describes the living room of a poor, mid-20th century black household: weariness. Weariness has won, Hansberry writes of her characters’ living room, because everything in it has been sat on, used, and scrubbed too often….
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