Helen H. Moore's Blog, page 1099
May 31, 2015
Love “Game of Thrones?” Thank “unfashionable” Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, who went against the grain and conquered pop culture
It wasn't Christianity that gave a pack of old fogeys like the Inklings the power to rule the world
May 30, 2015
Beau Biden, Delaware attorney general and son of vice president, dies of brain cancer
Biden, 46, planned on running for governor of Delaware in 2016
Bill Moyers: Journalism must survive the pressure cooker of plutocracy
The iconic journalist and former White House press secretary sounds off on the corrupting force of corporate media
The 10 most memorable celebrity commencement speeches of 2015
The speakers had plenty of inspiration to impart, from "be the Left Shark" to "Bill Nye believes in you"
The televisual Sherlock: The role that made Benedict Cumberbatch a star drove another actor insane
Before Benedict Cumberbatch there was Jeremy Brett, defined by Holmes, and maybe, in part, killed by Holmes
Conservatives are in denial: America is no longer a superpower (and it hasn’t been for years)
Washington hawks are still talking tough on China and Ukraine. They're living in another century
Google is not the answer: How the digital age imperils history
From floppy disks to thumb drives, we get better at storing things -- while trapping history in obsolete formats
Walk the Moon: It’s hard to believe we’re still having this conversation about equality
The indie rock band on their newfound success, the LGBTQ community and how best to address climate change
Ted Cruz’s rainy day socialism: How a right-wing fanatic learned to stop worrying and love redistribution
When New Jersey was underwater, Cruz slammed federal relief spending. Now he's asking for some of his own.
Monsanto’s sick new power play: Why we could all be eating their GMOs
The biotech giant is close to the biggest agribusiness merger in history. Our food supply hangs in the balance
