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June 1, 2014 J.A.A. Purves

Troy (2004) – Wolfgang Petersen – Film Review Part 2

“If the issue is restated in ontological terms, the relation between gods and men will appear in a new light.

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Arts
March 24, 2014 J.A.A. Purves

Troy (2004) – Wolfgang Petersen – Film Review Part 1

So I have been privileged to write a ten year retrospective review of Troy (2004) for Kenneth R. Morefield’s film review website, 1morefilmblog.com. 

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Culture
March 15, 2014 J.A.A. Purves

A Eulogy to Brain Cells That Were Killed in Socialization

“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess,” said Darcy, “of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. 

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Education
February 28, 2014 J.A.A. Purves

What Ought To Be the Most Important Cultural & Political Issue of the 21st Century: Education

“Verbal SAT scores in the United States took a nosedive in the 1960s, and since then they have remained flat. 

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Arts
January 21, 2014 J.A.A. Purves

Frances Ha (2012) – Noah Baumbach

“As individuals, we find that our development depends upon the people whom we meet in the course of our lives. 

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ArtsCulture
December 4, 2013 J.A.A. Purves

Black Mirror (2011) – Charlie Brooker

“As we contemplate the world converted into a huge machine and managed by engineers, we gradually grow aware of its

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Politics
November 25, 2013 J.A.A. Purves

Reflections on Being an Army Veteran in the 21st Century

“What life to lead and where to go After the War, after the War? We’d often talked this way before.

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Politics
November 5, 2013 J.A.A. Purves

The Mask

Remember, remember, the fifth of November, of gunpowder, treason and plot. A moron thought it cool (he was not taught

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Politics
November 3, 2013 J.A.A. Purves

On Houses Divided vs. Houses That Need Cleaning

On October 28, 2013, Ramesh Ponnuru & Rich Lowry posted an essay over at National Review analyzing the fallout from this whole sordid

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Culture
September 7, 2013 J.A.A. Purves

Tinkering Tinseled Time

Tall tattered tinkering tinseled time (as if I could call it mine) – weaving wondrous webs; weighty, weak, wild, seeping

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