Past entries: -Iron Man -The Incredible Hulk -Iron Man 2 -Thor -Captain America: The First Avenger -The Avengers -Iron Man 3 -Thor: The Dark World -Captain America: The Winter Soldier -Guardians of the Galaxy Following on three more solo films and an almost unrelated side story, the Avengers return in Age of Ultron. The film … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
Author: DBreitenbeck
Tolkien’s Songs
This young lady has some of the best renditions of Tolkien's songs that I've ever heard. Not only does she have a lovely voice, but she puts just the right emotion and just the right tone into the music that brings out their poetic beauty and sense of longing and antiquity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZnPlBOZOvs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn1oeEmzFhQ … Continue reading Tolkien’s Songs
Thoughts on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
Past entries: -Iron Man -The Incredible Hulk -Iron Man 2 -Thor -Captain America: The First Avenger -The Avengers -Iron Man 3 -Thor: The Dark World -Captain America: The Winter Soldier Now here is a film that no one expected. After their long string of unbroken financial success, Marvel took all their money and audience good … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
Equality at the Everyman
At the Everyman today, I discuss why holding 'equality' up as an ideal is a terrible, terrible idea: Which raises a more fundamental issue. Before you can say any two things are equal, you first have to have a common and objective standard of measurement between them. I can say that two people are of equal … Continue reading Equality at the Everyman
Thrilling Adventure Stories Presents: The Four Sleuths in The Trap Closes
Sarah Rockford returned to consciousness by slow degrees, resisting the process at every step, for the more aware she became, the more her head pounded and her muscles ached. She dimly hoped that she was dreaming, and that when she did finally become fully awake it would be to discover that she was in … Continue reading Thrilling Adventure Stories Presents: The Four Sleuths in The Trap Closes
New Aleteia Post
I sent this in about three or four months ago; kind of expected it to have been dropped, but it's up after all! On Aleteia today, In Defense of Grumpy Christians. For such people there’s often a bit of a quandary: They know that, as Christians, they ought to love their neighbor and be good to … Continue reading New Aleteia Post
Thoughts on ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
Past entries: -Iron Man -The Incredible Hulk -Iron Man 2 -Thor -Captain America: The First Avenger -The Avengers -Iron Man 3 -Thor: The Dark World Thus far, the post-Avengers MCU wasn’t looking very impressive. We first had the disastrous Iron Man 3, then the underwhelming Thor: the Dark World. The real question was whether the … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
Bishop Sheen on the Three Confessions
Broadcasted 1957: Ven. Bishop Fulton Sheen traces the course of human sentiment through three great 'Confessions:' those of St. Augustine, of Abelard, and of Jean-Jacque Rousseau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGGSxxuBtMk Money quote: "Jean-Jacque, therefore, gave birth to an entirely new concept of how to handle a conflict: namely, give way to it and call it right."
Catholic Match Post on Knowing Your Date’s Career
My latest post is up at 'Catholic Match,' about the importance of knowing what you're getting into with your significant other's career. The simple fact is that some careers are harder on relationship than others; some jobs simply require long hours, an unpredictable schedule, high stress, and a deep commitment. There’s really nothing anyone can … Continue reading Catholic Match Post on Knowing Your Date’s Career
Thoughts on ‘Thor: The Dark World’
Past entries: -Iron Man -The Incredible Hulk -Iron Man 2 -Thor -Captain America: The First Avenger -The Avengers -Iron Man 3 Well, almost anything short of The Last Jedi would have been an improvement after the last entry (the key word there being almost, but we'll get to that), and Thor: The Dark World is certainly a … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Thor: The Dark World’
Serpent's Den 