Poems about War, Intelligence, and Tadpoles
By Simon Maass A Song Of Wars Through The Ages Athens, Sparta look with scornAt Aegina’s meekness.Bonds of blood cannot be torn,Nor their common Greekness. Know thy rule will never shroudThis rich land, foul neighbour.Grecian heads will not be bowedNeath the Persian sabre. Those with weapons need not wilt,Those with arms can act.Hands find comfort…
How Christopher Nolan Became The Last Bankable American Auteur
Nolan has beaten the odds with a film that breaks the modern filmmaking status quo
A Case for Vitalism – By Simon Maass
Men and women! Thus Friedrich Wolters, long-dead poet and historian, begins one of his speeches. What a pithy expression of the vitalist outlook. “Vitalism” traditionally designates multiple philosophical tendencies, but here shall refer to the only good one. I use the word as a translation of the German “Lebensphilosophie” – that is, “life philosophy.” Vitalism,…
HUMMEL Review: The Lost King (2023)
Recently beset with a long plane ride from Nashville to California, I was sorting through SouthWest airline’s free movies app and was pleasantly surprised to see that among my options was a movie that I was eager to watch. The Lost King is a film I first heard of in February and had not had…
Book Review: Liberalism is a Sin (1884)
A classic text of Catholic Integral though reveals the intentions of modern radicals.
HUMMEL Review – Creed III (2023)
Creed III brings back the franchise, without Stallone but still showing Jordan’s ability to guide the franchise.
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