The gift of the love of reading is one of the greatest gifts you can give your child. And to build on that, turning their love of reading towards good, quality, character building books will last them a lifetime and make a big impact on their lives. Many times I have heard parents lament that ...
This is an interview that I conducted with sci-fi & horror genre actor, Carel Struycken. He is best known and most recognized for his role in the three 1990s “The Addams Family” movies, in which he played Lurch, the giant of a butler for the Addams family (played by Ted Cassidy in the 1960s version). ...
As Mother’s Day approaches, we can shower mothers with flowers, presents and more. But one of the most memorable and endearing tributes to motherhood comes from an ancient book: the Bible. Perhaps you are searching for just the perfect verse that will fittingly describe your mother, give her encouragement, or make her proud. These ten ...
While America burned, television played the fiddle. That is as simple a way to describe television drama and comedies during much of the 1960s as anything else. As America became embroiled in social unrest, primetime television became a relatively undisturbed universe, offering an increasingly world-weary country a chance to escape into the fantasy worlds of ...
Dwight Yoakam is a country mega-star. He burst on the scene in the late 1980’s with such hits as Honky Tonk Man and Little Sister. He’s had success covering songs such as Queen’s Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Elvis Presley’s Suspicious Minds. He’s a two-time Grammy winner, and his style of country infuses rock ...
Would it surprise you to find out that the Bible actually refers to Jesus Christ himself as Lucifer? Ask the average person on the street and they will tell you that Lucifer is the Devil, a fallen angel, cast out of heaven for some unknown sin who became Satan and took up residence ruling Hell. ...
In Charles Baudelaire’s ‘Correspondences’, with direct reference in the title to the Swedenborgian concept, he reveals the connection between Nature and the Metaphysical world. Synathesia is said to “put the reader in contact with a forceful sensory presence, a primitive wholeness or synthesis of impression” (Hassan, 439). Through synathesia – in which sounds, colors, and ...
There are a few Batman graphic novels that every fanboy and comic book geek worldwide agrees are essential reading. Anyone who is a fan of comic books knows how hard it is to get any of us to agree on anything, but there are some. Most would say Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns,” Alan ...
The peak of socialist ideology dawned during the industrial revolution when class divisions were constructed to rule the labor force. Charlotte Bronte places the protagonist, Jane Eyre, in the position between lower and upper class to critique social injustices. This world Bronte has created for her is polluted with tyranny, disease, deception, and a false ...
Whenever I bring up the name Ayn Rand, as I converse with various bodies of intelligentsia, all eyebrows head north. Nobody ever wants to discuss her work. They say: “Ayn Rand? Whoa! She’s crazy, she’s out there.” Who is Ayn Rand? Ayn Rand came into this world on February 2, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. ...
