Religion at the Olympics

Posted August 12th, 2016 by Alex Wilgus & filed under Culture, Religion, Sports.

Why are so few Olympic athletes' religious beliefs included in their stories?

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Album Review: A Moon-Shaped Pool by Radiohead

Posted May 11th, 2016 by Alex Wilgus & filed under Culture.

Radiohead's latest is a good kind of hurt

Made Things Made New

Posted March 28th, 2016 by Ryan Laurie & filed under Pieces.

A post-Easter free verse from our resident technologist.

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My Summer in Audiobooks

Posted September 5th, 2015 by Alex Wilgus & filed under Culture.

My only rule was not to listen to anything that would make me think. I almost succeeded.

My Summer in Superheroes

Posted September 2nd, 2015 by Alex Wilgus & filed under Culture.

Bad, bland, and preemptively avoided disaster. Keep the superheroes coming, Hollywood.

My Summer in Pop Culture

Posted September 1st, 2015 by Alex Wilgus & filed under Culture.

Musings on an especially shlocky summer.

From Dewey to Doomsday

Posted July 15th, 2015 by Daniel Saunders & filed under Culture, Religion.

Reading Mark Greif’s new book on thought and fiction in midcentury America, Part 2.

Taking the “Game” out of Game of Thrones

Posted June 17th, 2015 by Alex Wilgus & filed under Culture.

HBO has improved on George R.R. Martin's novels. Why that's not exactly a good thing.

The Expanding Universe of Star Wars

Posted May 5th, 2015 by Alex Wilgus & filed under Culture.

The new Star Wars films will be a world rather than a story.

Don’t Forget the Woman in Gold

Posted April 9th, 2015 by Alex Wilgus & filed under Culture.

Simon Curtis's artless film is nevertheless a powerful warning against forgetting history.