Columns

Review of Dunkirk Currently in wide release *** out of four stars by Walter G. Tarrow I fought in Vietnam, yet I am a pacifist, but I also get tears…

by Lynn Mandaville I am one of those who feel that we, as Americans, in this age of social media, give away much too much about ourselves. It’s an insidious…

by Lynn Mandaville The United States State Department plays a very important role in the ways America interacts and interrelates with other nations around the world.  One aspect of those…

Review of War for the Planet of the Apes **** (out of five stars) Currently in wide release by Walter G. Tarrow Get your hands off me, you damn dirty…

Philosophy 101 with Plato’s Republic was my introduction to the concept of inductive reasoning and later anecdotal evidence. My earliest brush with inductive reasoning was the statement, “This is a…

Neruda **** and The Handmaiden *****  by Walter G. Tarrow Uniquely crafted tales from Chile and Korea screening at the Traverse City Film Festival: Neruda, available on Netflix, about Chilean…

by Lynn Mandaville When I first read Army Bob's column "Unhinged Left Can't Get Over Losing the Election" I found myself quite put out. Because Bob paints with a very…