The Real Blaspheme of Mark Russell’s “Second Coming”
Second Coming is didactic to the point that the message gets in the way of solid storytelling.
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New Brunswick officially changes nickname to “Cowboy’s Junction”
Speculation remains rampant as to the true identity of The eponymous Cowboy
The Middling Captain Marvel is Best as a Period Piece and Prequel
Captain Marvel excels as a period piece and a prequel, but it’s far from the feminist equivalent of Black Panther
The Secret Origin(s) of the Joker
Do you want to know how he got those scars?
The Year that Was My 2018
It was nearly the best of times, and it was nearly the worst of times
J.R.R. Tolkien and History as the “Long Defeat”
“I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’— though it contains… glimpses of final victory”
Klaus and the Crying Snowman
Klaus is mythological enacting the same celestial beneficence our agrarian ancestors relied upon back when Yuletide meant something to someone for the very first time
“Christ and Culture” and Daredevil
Daredevil’s arc explores the paradigms for societal engagement by Christians laid out by Niebuhr in his classic tome
