Evangelicals want their city on a hill to be a gated community. This tension between the desire to transform the world and to retreat from it always ends with seclusion the victor. Understanding this impulse sheds light on the political … Continued
Editor’s Note: While The Rant rehabilitates at H.L. Mencken’s Sanitorium for the Chronically Cynical and Infirm, Calliope will be pondering those seminal moments that shaped our pop culture sensibilities. Think of it as a prosaic sorbet between courses at Chez … Continued
Hello internet audience. How are you at this moment? Because I’m quite excited to give you a pre-recorded review, and you might ask yourself “Pre, what quite exquisitely beautiful review do you have for us on this day?” I’ll tell … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant, after much soul-searching, has decided to declare free agency. We will be taking our talents to the back porch. A bottle of Templeton Rye made us an offer we can’t refuse. Now, dry those eyes. … Continued
So I find myself in England for no particular reason. Well, I’m here with a study abroad group, so I suppose that constitutes a broad reason. But as to particulars I’m drawing a blank. What exactly am I doing here? … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant would like to say, “hello summer, you’re looking tan and hot.” So frolic ye woodland nymphs, stir the summer breezes airy sylphs. Too old school? Must be the heat. The Rant has spacious offices here … Continued
Hello internet audience. I have something quite special for you… No not a review that would make me look productive, sorry. Today I have a good-looking pre-recorded playlist for you, and as always it has a theme. This playlist’s theme … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant was out for our morning constitutional when an older gent shuffled toward us. Gramps was wearing an orange ball cap and no shirt. Come on bro; we’re out here at 7am to beat the heat–The … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant has found no small delight in watching Republicans state the obvious immediately followed by a statement of sheer delusion in regards to their orange muppet presidential candidate, Trump the Grump. To wit: Trump makes a … Continued
The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant knows its Thursday, but we finally got around to seeing Interstellar, and once Matthew McConaughey demonstrated how to bend time to his will, we followed suit and now The Rant abides in a perpetual Wednesday … Continued