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  • How ‘The Simpsons’ Predicted Trump

    How ‘The Simpsons’ Predicted Trump0

    On March 19, 2000, The Simpsons alluded to a future Donald Trump presidency in an episode titled “Bart to the Future.”  Newsday puts it thus: “Bart sees his future in a vision where his band plays a gig for popcorn shrimp and Lisa becomes the first ‘straight female’ president of the United States.   In a clip

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  • How ‘The Abolition of Man’ Destroys the Idols of the Postmodern Age

    How ‘The Abolition of Man’ Destroys the Idols of the Postmodern Age1

    No one could rightly accuse C.S. Lewis, who was raised as a Northern Protestant Irishman, of betraying his adopted home of England. During the Great War, Lewis had—though exempt from any draft—volunteered to serve as an officer in the British Army. When he arrived in the trenches of that horrendous war, now a century gone

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  • How ‘Star Trek’ Almost Failed to Launch

    How ‘Star Trek’ Almost Failed to Launch0

    Fifty years ago – on Sept. 8, 1966 – TV viewers were transfixed by the appearance on screen of a green-hued, pointy-eared alien called Spock. But beneath the makeup, actor Leonard Nimoy fretted that this would be the end of his promising career. “How can I play a character without emotion?” he asked his boss,

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  • How ‘Rights’ Have Gone Wrong

    How ‘Rights’ Have Gone Wrong0

    Americans love to ascribe “rights” to themselves and others. The number and scope of rights seem to expand constantly—beyond even the long and impressive list set forth by the UN’s Universal Declaration on Human Rights. But what, exactly, is a right?  What is the ultimate origin of so-called “human rights”? Why do those questions matter

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  • How ‘Incredibles 2’ Is Making Superheroes Great Again

    How ‘Incredibles 2’ Is Making Superheroes Great Again0

    I saw Incredibles 2 over the Father’s Day weekend, and just like its predecessor, there’s a lot to ponder beneath the surface of this animated film. In the real world we’ve had to wait 14 years, but the sequel picks up basically where the original left off. As the Rev. Jerry Zandstra wrote of the original, “litigiousness and

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  • Houston: What Jack London Had to Say About Looters

    Houston: What Jack London Had to Say About Looters0

    The video footage of looting in Houston following Hurricane Harvey is much like the looting we’ve seen in other parts of the country: shattered shop windows, people walking away with flat screen TVs or shoes or whatever, and the police often nowhere to be found. Oh, and infuriating. Here’s an example:   What’s different about

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