Although Martin Luther King’s birthday was actually yesterday, the United States will mark the occasion next Monday. Once more we’ll…
James BrattJanuary 15, 2016
I was going to write on why “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem” means so much to me as a Christmas…
James BrattDecember 19, 2015
In the summer of 1843, as Isabella Van Wagenen set out on the road as Sojourner Truth, Orestes Brownson was…
James BrattDecember 4, 2015
As an escape from the terrorists--that is, from the obsessive coverage designed to keep us in fear, the media in…
James BrattNovember 21, 2015
Another good thing about retirement is that if your schedule gets screwed up, you don’t have to sweat it so…
James BrattNovember 7, 2015
by James Bratt Two weeks ago, in his post “Ordinary Dust,” Jason Lief memorably described one of those bad teaching…
James BrattOctober 24, 2015
I’ve just finished the first two weeks of the rest of my life. As a few of you know, and…
James BrattSeptember 26, 2015
What makes a movie memorable? So memorable that we can watch it on almost infinite repeat? Well, it has to…
James BrattSeptember 11, 2015
For this fourth in a series on the five films I could watch forever, I get to talk about David…
James BrattAugust 29, 2015
