Sam Lively
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Oedipus Wrecked: The Failure of #NeverTrump
I used to hate it whenever Hollywood turned its condescending Freudian lens on Christian conservatives and their traditional families. Inevitably the various prudes and bigots that occupy flyover country turn out to be secret homosexuals or nymphos, projec...
I used to hate it whenever Hollywood turned its condescending Freudian lens on Christian conservatives and their traditional families. Inevitably the various prudes and bigots that occupy flyover country turn out to be secret homosexuals or nymphos, projec...
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The Alien's Guide to Xenophobia
Are you looking for a trusty handbook to steer you through the thorny ethical and political dilemmas raised by the immigration crises raging across the Western world? Look no further. The appropriately titled 1979 sci-fi/horror classic Alien tells you ever...
Are you looking for a trusty handbook to steer you through the thorny ethical and political dilemmas raised by the immigration crises raging across the Western world? Look no further. The appropriately titled 1979 sci-fi/horror classic Alien tells you ever...
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Nuggets of Wisdom from George Lucas' Severed Head
Eureka! Safely ensconced in a simpler age, Hitchcock observed that drama was “life with the dull bits cut out.” Clearly that is no longer the case. In this postmodern age, our lives are wrapped in so many layers of entertainment that what Hitchcock would ha...
Eureka! Safely ensconced in a simpler age, Hitchcock observed that drama was “life with the dull bits cut out.” Clearly that is no longer the case. In this postmodern age, our lives are wrapped in so many layers of entertainment that what Hitchcock would ha...
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The Vast White-Wing Conspiracy Uncovered
Not the only guy in whiteface As awful an ideology as nihilism is, it can make for riveting entertainment in capable hands. Consider the tremendous success of Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead . The creators of these shows appear to have learned from Mac...
Not the only guy in whiteface As awful an ideology as nihilism is, it can make for riveting entertainment in capable hands. Consider the tremendous success of Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead . The creators of these shows appear to have learned from Mac...
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Burn Book Burning: Mean Girls, Donald Sterling and the Culture of Hysteria
"Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by Regina George." Ten years ago this weekend, Mean Girls hit theaters. At the time it seemed little more than a sleek Millennial turn on the pop anthropology studies of high school that have been a Hol...
"Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by Regina George." Ten years ago this weekend, Mean Girls hit theaters. At the time it seemed little more than a sleek Millennial turn on the pop anthropology studies of high school that have been a Hol...
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The Samson Option: The Biblical Case for Donald Trump
American clergy and Christian conservative pundits have conditioned the Religious Right to hold those aspiring to national leadership to the standard of Christ. Absolute moral clarity, humility unto (political) death, compassion for enemies and strangers - ...
American clergy and Christian conservative pundits have conditioned the Religious Right to hold those aspiring to national leadership to the standard of Christ. Absolute moral clarity, humility unto (political) death, compassion for enemies and strangers - ...
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Artificial Gravitas
Born and
raised a Bible-believing Christian, the only post-earth scenario I've ever
seriously entertained involves a new heaven and earth of God's creation. I
wouldn't say exactly that I'm comfortable with this scenario, as anything
earth-shattering is inhe...
Born and
raised a Bible-believing Christian, the only post-earth scenario I've ever
seriously entertained involves a new heaven and earth of God's creation. I
wouldn't say exactly that I'm comfortable with this scenario, as anything
earth-shattering is inhe...
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The Vast White-Wing Conspiracy Uncovered
Not the only guy in whiteface As awful an ideology as nihilism is, it can make for riveting entertainment in capable hands. Consider the tremendous success of Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead . The creators of these shows appear to have learned from Mac...
Not the only guy in whiteface As awful an ideology as nihilism is, it can make for riveting entertainment in capable hands. Consider the tremendous success of Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead . The creators of these shows appear to have learned from Mac...
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Mr. Sith Goes to Washington
I’d say Netflix’s House of Cards was a guilty pleasure (not that Hollywood produces guiltless pleasures anymore), but that would be underselling how deeply disturbing its success has been. On the surface, its appeal is readily understood: its sleazy shock f...
I’d say Netflix’s House of Cards was a guilty pleasure (not that Hollywood produces guiltless pleasures anymore), but that would be underselling how deeply disturbing its success has been. On the surface, its appeal is readily understood: its sleazy shock f...
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Burn Book Burning: Mean Girls, Donald Sterling and the Culture of Hysteria
"Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by Regina George." Ten years ago this weekend, Mean Girls hit theaters. At the time it seemed little more than a sleek Millennial turn on the pop anthropology studies of high school that have been a Hol...
"Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by Regina George." Ten years ago this weekend, Mean Girls hit theaters. At the time it seemed little more than a sleek Millennial turn on the pop anthropology studies of high school that have been a Hol...
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