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Evolution: Science, Religion, Opinions and Me

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

The University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research has learned that more than half of all Americans think evolution is real. Seems that 2016 was the tipping point. That’s when my country, on average, decided to step into the late … Continue reading →

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Marlowe’s Faustus: Chorus, Soliloquies and Film Noir

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

“Doctor Faustus…” starts with a 194-word soliloquy. Sort of. It’s delivered by Chorus, named last in Marlowe’s “Dramatis Personae.” Ancient Greek tragedies had a chorus, acting like today’s narrators. Again, sort of. Aristotle said that chorus was a character, so … Continue reading →

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Christopher Marlowe and His World

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

I’d started writing about soliloquies in Marlowe’s “Dr. Faustus….” That reminded me of film noir and the Gunpowder Plot. So today I’ll be discussing Christopher Marlowe, but mostly his era: Elizabethan England. Along with European politics and whatever else comes … Continue reading →

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Anger and Justice: Aquinas, Berra and Me

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

Assorted versions of this quote popped up in my social media feed recently. Usually as a picture of St. Thomas Aquinas with a text overlay. “He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? … Continue reading →

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