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This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
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From the Depths - William Balfour Ker. Circa 1906.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
From the Depths - William Balfour Ker. Circa 1906.
www.loc.gov/resource/cph...
www.loc.gov/resource/cph...
Been ruminating on the pieces of art and specific parts that have helped to make me the American I am. Sharing a starting point with this storyline from the final episode of M*A*S*H*
April 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Been ruminating on the pieces of art and specific parts that have helped to make me the American I am. Sharing a starting point with this storyline from the final episode of M*A*S*H*
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history… No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation…
February 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history… No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation…
Just watched the doc, Resistance — They Fought Back, on PBS. One idea presented is that living life through acts like feeding the hungry, teaching and learning, and cultivating art were forms of resistance. The Hebrew word for this is, "amidah" - even trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto, amidah persisted.
February 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Just watched the doc, Resistance — They Fought Back, on PBS. One idea presented is that living life through acts like feeding the hungry, teaching and learning, and cultivating art were forms of resistance. The Hebrew word for this is, "amidah" - even trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto, amidah persisted.