A Certain Mr. King

Halloween Time: Doing the Reading Part 1

I think everybody pretty much knows that a) I love horror stuff, and b) I greatly enjoy Halloween.

Or The Post or Cancer or Lanterns or . . .

Dolly was much more than a Queen of Country Music.

I suppose I should start with an explanation.

August is here, & with it my 287th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely ...

Better minds than mine have always tried to dissect what makes some things have mass appeal.

Anyone who knows me well or who has followed me on the interwebz for a while knows that I have a long-time fascination with that period of time known as the Satanic Panic.

Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, &...

For our time together this week, I thought it might be a good time to address a few hanging threads and put some other stuff in context.

The Odyssey’s return to the screen is the latest in a long line of journeys.

Of all of the, let’s say questionable, things that my mother has ever asked me, “Why don’t you write nice things?” has to be somewhere near the top of the list.

Family businesses can be a funny thing.

And now, inspired in part by Matt Brady continually killing it on his Teacher Teacher Substack regarding education, some of my thoughts.

I recognize that one person’s definition of “fun” can differ wildly from another’s.

This one’s a little bit of a button pusher.

Regular people aren't evil . . . or are they?

Great movies about moving on

Alt-rock and evolution just east of Illinois.

Okay, Sometimes I Think About It

So, it’s finally time to address The Big C on the ole Substack.