Monthly Archives: July 2018

David Brooks on Myths vs. Parables

Posted on Tuesday 17 July 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

New York Times columnist David Brooks runs hot and cold with me; ostensibly a conservative, he’s too inclined to dismiss new ideas in favor of sanctified values, for my taste, yet he does read widely and responds to many new … Continue reading →

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My First Web Page

Posted on Monday 16 July 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

The subject of old websites came up on a Facebook thread yesterday, particularly pages created on various platforms that are now extinct, like sff.net or compuserve.com. Long before I created this blog, first in Blogger and then in WordPress, I … Continue reading →

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Link and Comments: About Superhero Movies

Posted on Monday 9 July 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

From Sunday’s NYT. Mark Bowden, Why Are We Obsessed With Superhero Movies? The issue for me is why these types of stories are so popular, recently – and how these are primitive fantasies, the very opposite type of story as … Continue reading →

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