Art… Found Poetry from Google Search Console 8 Mar 20168 Mar 2016 "Make it new," Ezra Pound famously said, a mantra which can be applied to any example of what is called found poetry. Examples of making it new can be found…
2016 Election… Is the Penguin the Batman Character Who Trump Resembles Most? 8 Mar 201621 Jan 2017 There is perhaps no narrative referenced more in today's pop culture than that of Batman. It makes sense: Batman is omnipresent. He first appeared in 1939, and has subsequently been…
Bale… Does Richard Dawkins Understand Free Speech Better Than Sarah Palin? 28 Jan 201615 Feb 2016 The latest victim of his own foolish free speech is Richard Dawkins, the celebrity atheist and comic figure who spends his time hate-tweeting, pondering conspiracy theories, and being a hero…
2016 Election… If the Candidates were Horror Movie Characters: An Updated Guide to the 2016 Election 30 Oct 201528 Oct 2016 In a previous article, I discussed how presidential elections resemble the one-by-one elimination of astronauts at the hands of space monsters, and which specific science fiction character each candidate is. As…
2016 Election… The Most Dangerous Way in Which Trump Resembles Batman 28 Aug 201513 Jun 2016 The Economist (and this blog) might liken him to The Joker, but Trump disagrees. I am Batman, he told a young boy and the world. The obvious response is to…
2016 Election… Is Jeb Bush Becoming the Stannis Baratheon of the 2016 Election? 28 Aug 201528 Aug 2015 You should avoid reading this unless you've seen seasons one through five of Game of Thrones. It's obvious. I know. It's cheap and easy. It's the cheapest joke this blog has…
2016 Election… How accurate is The Economist in comparing Donald Trump to The Joker? 12 Aug 20159 Nov 2016 This is one of many articles on this site comparing the current state of American politics to the world of Batman. Read more here, or buy D. F. Lovett's debut…
Books… Why Everyone Should Calm Down and Take Vonnegut’s Approach to Talking about Big Game Hunting 30 Jul 201526 Sep 2016 People love to shame these days. They also love to shame the shamers. And with the tendency for the internet to get hysterical about anything that seems worthy of hysteria,…