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This is the full text of a letter written on behalf of one of the defendants charged with narcotics violations in conjunction with the death of my friend and collaborator Michael K. Williams. It was …

Editor’s Note: Post originally published on October 28, 2021. The Sacred Scriptures contain truth and wisdom from God. These truths are eternal and ever relevant— and practical. When you live in accordance with the Word …

What has been sapping our kids’ can-do spirit? Covid? Phones? Too much TikTok not enough teeter-totter? No matter what is to blame, Bill Kuhn, Head of the Birch Wathen Lenox School in New York City, …

The first of many oddities in these pictures – granted, it is hard to choose – is arguably the tone. Why are these photos, with imagery that looks contemporary or certainly no more than 50 …

It’s hard to find English-language information about Kaohsiung’s 10,000 Years Festival (Wan Nian Festival / 高雄左營萬年季). Last year, it took place while a friend was visiting from Australia. But without clear details about the event, …

Oil paintings don’t look that great in books but photographs do. This is part —but only a part—of the reason why photobooks are ubiquitous in the photo art world. No other art form seems so …

In 2018, I first visited this grove of Reed avocados. The trees had been planted ten feet apart. In avocado-world parlance, they call that “high density” planting. Traditional tree spacing is more like twenty feet …

As I'm closing in on the end of the Confrontation project, I've decided to do some gap filling. This essentially means finishing off any WIP figures and making sure each gang is at least 10 …

In Japan, riding a steam train through outer space is a melancholy symbol of the human journey. Like the gentle drift of the sakura petal, the whistle of a train means a transition in life. …

This article appeared in the Washington Monthly, August 25, 2024. “Jonathan Zimmerman teaches education and history at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in …

I went to Norfolk this month to fish a chalkstream. It was my first foray to the chalkstreams of East Anglia.18 JuneIn the theme of this season the river was bursting at the seams with …

When this blog was in its prime it was a reasonably common occurrence to feature artists that had yet to release any ‘official’ recorded music, instead relying on shaky live You Tube clips or dodgy …

Each month, the CMBA profiles a classic movie blog written by one of our members. This Month, we are featuring Seleus Blelis who writes at Silver Screen Classics and Nostalgia.1. Why do you blog?Ever since …

On All Hallow’s Eve, we quite naturally watched Buster Keaton’s 1921 two-reeler, The Haunted House. And of course, there on camera, displayed in all his glory, was The Great Stone Face, as Keaton is known …

I fell in love with Grimsby and Cleethorpes back in 2018 when I visited for Chasetown’s match at Clee Town – and I have returned every year since. The people, the chippy, the bottle shop, …