Category Archives: Reviews & Commentary

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Is Disneyland Worth It?

On the auspicious sounding date of January 1st 2000 a fairly famous book on the Walt Disney empire was published.  Called Deconstructing Disney, it used the literary technique of deconstruction to look mainly at Disney films from 1937’s Snow White to … Continue reading

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Black Voice, White Voice: Baldwin vs Buckley

Below is a VIDEO showing about 15 minutes of one of the most famous debates of the 20th century: James Baldwin vs William Buckley at the Cambridge Union in February 1965.  The proposition up for debate: “The American Dream has … Continue reading

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Do Protests Lead to Votes?

Because of my wife’s sudden, life-threatening medical emergency in early August 2025, we were forced to cancel grand plans to celebrate our 25th anniversary.  Instead, after she began to recover we took off on smaller, more local jaunts.  That’s how … Continue reading

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