“Appellate Jurisdiction” | Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
For pondering our appeals of all sorts. Appellate Jurisdiction by Marianne Moore Fragments of sin are a part of me. New brooms shall sweep...
Lawyer Presentations Without PowerPoint: Charles Laughton and The Fiery Furnace
At trial in a white-collar or civil business case, lawyers sometimes complain that the material or documents they must work with are so old, so...
Red Harvest: Crime Fiction and Gospel Conviction
Pop culture and theology mix fruitfully in pulp-crime fiction. Here’s a four-part course from 2012: Red Harvest: Crime Fiction and Gospel Conviction . Here’s the blurb...
Criminals In Ties: Contract Law and Reservoir Dogs
The interplay between law — especially criminal law — and theology is more subterranean and nuanced than many give it credit for. The same is...
John D. MacDonald and King Saul
We worked John D. MacDonald’s private eye, Travis McGee, into this discussion of King Saul and the young David: Spare the King and Seize the...
George V. Higgins and the Archeology of White-Collar Crime
In popular culture, business-crime is presented cartoon-fashion. In movies, on television or in novels, businesspeople who are corporate targets of government investigations come across as...
Advent
Just in time for the beginning of Advent, four of my posts from the blog of the Cathedral Church of the Advent...
Thanksgiving, the Bay Psalm Book and Jonathan Edwards
The week of Thanksgiving, the Bay Psalm Book is auctioned for $14 million: The little volume of psalms, one of only 11 known to...
Gospel Music and Elvis
Watching on PBS “He Touched Me – The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley,” here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/8474029465 In his later years, he became a caricature of himself,...
Dylan Thomas Reads “Fern Hill”
Dylan Thomas, here — Fern Hill —- reading “Fern Hill.” Childhood lost. Imperfect, at times, and overwrought at others, but “sang in my chains like...