Race-swapping in film has been an odious practice since Burt Lancaster was cast in the title role of the film, […]

When I was in the 4th grade, I enrolled in a program for ambitious readers—known at the time as “Junior […]

Proponents of New Age thought believe in the darndest things.  For many of us, their dogmatic indulgences are rather befuddling, […]

George Orwell noted that totalitarian regimes are not concerned with uncovering (that is: elucidating) actual history; they are solely concerned […]

[Author’s Note: I added postscript 1 in November of 2019, postscript 2 in November of 2020, postscript 3 in November […]

  Man’s most primal longing is to feel as though he “belongs”, as though he “matters” in some way, as […]

Escapism Gone Haywire   When I was young, I loved Nintendo.  I grew up playing Super Mario Bros 1 – […]

  The debasement of our public discourse has involved the on-going degeneration of our thinking.  This degeneration has lead to […]

Big Brother Garbed In Wondrous Raiment:             It might have never occurred to George Orwell how much more dangerous “Big […]

In this fifth installment of the Carnival Of Distractions series, I elaborate on some of the points made earlier.  The […]