Superhero Movie Reviews

Superhero movies adapted from comics tend to work. Superhero movies based on original ideas (stories people created without basing them on other media) tend to be hit or miss. I decided to look at a few "original idea" superhero movies that worked, to see what they did well.  I'll include each review in this post as they come …

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A Great Article About Traveling to Africa

My sister (who's written an award-winning short story and blogs about books on her own WordPress site) just appeared in The Gazette, a Colorado Spring newspaper, talking about her 4-month trip to Africa with MercyShips: http://gazette.com/article/1617280?TC_SC_REF I got a brief mention in the article because of my trip to Asia in 2015, which you may …

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How to Politely Disagree, According to Chesterton

How do you politely disagree with people? How do you show you don’t have the same views as someone else, even critique their views, without seeming rude or angry? Too many people (myself included) aren’t sure how to do this. Fortunately, over a hundred years ago author G.K. Chesterton helped answer that question. Chesterton’s known …

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