• Friday morning coffee reads

   · 02 Mar 2018

  Some interesting stories to read while you begin the end of your week.

• Review: Panorama

  books  · 27 Feb 2018

  Television news pundit Richard MacMurray is in the middle of examining his life in Washington, D.C., when he finds out his estranged sister was aboard Panorama Airlines Flight 503, which crashed in Dallas with no survivors. Her death leaves MacMurray as the only living relative of her young son, Gabriel, and just another of the characters in...

• Friday morning coffee reads

   · 23 Feb 2018

  Interesting articles to peruse with your morning joe.

• Debunking conspiracy theories for dummies

   · 23 Feb 2018

  I had the pleasure today of joining journalist and Indiana University Media Adviser Kenny Smith to discuss conspiracy theories and how to debunk them on The Best Story I’ve Heard Today podcast. The conversation is centered around the column ”how to test your favorite conspiracy theory” by Bloomberg writer and George Mason University Professor of Economics Tyler Cowen.

• Friday morning coffee reads

   · 16 Feb 2018

  For your Friday enjoyment, here is a roundup of interesting reads from the week.

• Very short reviews of books

  books  · 12 Feb 2018

  This is a roundup of books I recently finished, but which I did not give a full review.

• Friday afternoon coffee reads

   · 09 Feb 2018

  Here is a roundup of the best reads from the week. These may not be new to the internet or you, but they were of fresh interest to me.

• Bonnaroo 2018 lineup spreadsheet

   · 09 Feb 2018

  [caption id=”attachment_1002” align=”aligncenter” width=”1500”] Cage the Elephant at 2017 Bonnaroo.[/caption]

• Review: The Which Way Tree

  books  · 25 Jan 2018

  Rarely does a book so quickly grip me in its first pages, but The Which Way Tree has done it with a harrowing story of survivalon the Texas frontier during the Civil War. Bringing to mind the tight narratives of Charles Portis, the novel weaves a story of violence, survival and frontier justice.

• Review: Eternal Life

  books  · 17 Jan 2018

  Dara Horn’s Eternal Life (W.W. Norton & Company, digital galley) is a touching story of faith, loss and family. The story’s heroine, Rachel, made a deal with God in Roman-occupied Jerusalem to trade her death for the life of her first-born son. Now, 2000 years later, Rachel struggles to find continued meaning in her never ending life.

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