By W. Paul Jones (Eerdmans, 2011) “Everyone in prison is innocent, and every prisoner claims to be a new person.” This dismissive one-liner was told by a...
Arts & Culture
Rodney Crowell, Mary Karr, et al. (Vanguard, 2012) Over the past 16 years as I’ve read Mary Karr’s three memoirs, I’ve always heard Rodney Crowell’s music as...
August 2012: Psalm-Shaped Prayerfulness: A Guide to the Christian Reception of the Psalms By Margaret Daly-Denton Review: Beginning with Jesus himself, the...
Even in their autumn years, Baby Boomers discover that old dogs can learn new tricks. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at...
Created by David Simon (HBO Entertainment, 2012) David Simon, whose HBO series The Wire was the best cinematic novel ever produced for television, has...
Douglas W. Kmiec, author of the new book Lift Up Your Hearts, is a famous constitutional scholar, former dean of the Catholic University law school, chaired...
Directed by Richard Linklater (Millennium Entertainment, 2012) At the end of Annie Hall Woody Allen tells a joke about a guy whose brother thinks he is a...
Just what the title and artist name suggest, Rappalachia by Gangstagrass is a fusion of rap rhythm tracks and old-time mountain music instrumentation and...
July 2012: The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing your creative soul with monastic wisdom By Christine Valters Paintner Review: Unlike other books promising to...
Marley: The Original Soundtrack Bob Marley and the Wailers (Tuff Gong, 2012) Bob Marley, who took reggae music from Jamaica to the world, is one of the pop...
