If you have not seen the new Star Wars film and do want to know anything about its plot, do not read this post. So a couple of weeks ago, Ellen and I went to… My Thoughts About Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens
The story concerns a young couple, the film begins with the husband, Daigo, a cellist whose orchestra goes out of business, needing a job. He answers an ad which says that applicants do not have… Departures – Worth Viewing
Some blog posts I write are actually written hoping someone will read them, in particular when I discuss technology or sometimes political topics. Some blog posts are random musings on some aspect of entertainment and while… Firefly Is Everywhere
I have had the fortune to spend much of the last 30-some years being improved by Ellen. Remarkably I find that no matter how much she corrects, I still have much work that is needed… Today’s Argument – Biopic
Over the last year or so, I decided to focus a bit more on academic opportunities.
I have attempted to become a better professor at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), helped start a non-profit focused on increasing academic involvement with government (ATARC), and this semester signed up for two graduate courses at the University of Maryland College Park in, of any things, Government and Political Science.
One of the two graduate classes I am taking focuses on Political Institutions in the US, the other focuses on Political Theory relating to human rights. It is the latter I wanted to talk about in this post.
Finished watching Lake Bell‘s In A World. This continues the sequence of woman written, often directed, and starred in films that I have watched over the last month. The story is about a woman, well-duh,… In A World …
This last week was, among other things (like seeing Fleetwood Mac), a week for watching “young person’s” movies. Our entire family went to the theater to see The BoxTrolls. The BoxTrolls is a stop-motion film… Two Kid’s Movies This Week
It never ceases to amaze me that the reason we were at our second Fleetwood Mac concert in recent years is because our daughters have demanded that we go. Well, have demanded that we go… Fleetwood Mac
I finished watching Ruby Sparks this morning. Ruby Sparks is a ‘cute’ rom-com (romantic comedy) about a lonely author with writer’s block who writes about his perfect, albeit imaginary girl friend, Ruby Sparks. After doing so,… Ruby Sparks plus a Discovery