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The Lord of the Rings, Israel, and Palestine: Reflections of the Gaza-Hamas War in Tolkien
From Jenin to Jerusalem, from Kibbutz Be'eri to Al-Shifa Hospital, how Tolkien's tale evokes the horrors of war but also ...
An Urgently Needed Definition of “Fascism” as the West Fights It Anew at Home and Abroad
Happy New Year! Sadly, in 2023 and beyond, we will and must confront a dreadful specter of the past not ...
A Plea to Disney for Coherence and Quality Control in Star Wars (and More Finesse with Politics)
We don’t need perfection, but the casual ridiculousness has to stop, or, how Obi-Wan Kenobi is a perfect microcosm for ...
If We Get Qui-Gon Jinn in Obi-Wan Kenobi, Expect Yoda, Too
By Brian E. Frydenborg, May 31, 2022 (Twitter @bfry1981; LinkedIn, Facebook) WARNING: Spoilers for Star Wars in general, especially Obi-Wan ...
THE Way to Watch Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Clone Wars Finale for Max Emotional Impact
George Lucas's apprentice Dave Filoni has given us a grand finale to Clone Wars inseparable from Revenge of the Sith ...
The Iran Natanz Attack Sorta Happened in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (and in a way instructive for us all!)
Two Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes with surprising resonance for the Middle East and the conflict involving Iran, Israel, ...
Numbers Show Clone Wars Has Dominated Streaming in 2020, Reached Huge Audience (I Hope Disney Gets the Message!!)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been some of the best the medium of television has ever produced, and here ...
On Bourdain Day, His Life a Reminder to All that Anyone Can Speak Up for the Marginalized, Bring People Together
On his birthday, let's remember what why we all loved Anthony Bourdain: because he showed us how to love each ...
Game of Thrones and the Gift of Empathy
Why the warmer moments of a bleak show are its most important WARNING: SPOILERS THROUGH SEASON 8, EPISODE 4 OF ...
After the Storms: Are Harvey, Irma the New Normal?
And what would that mean going forward? Some hard choices, necessary changes, and a reckoning. Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse ...