BillHeise | March 9, 2011
I like David Brooks, the moderately conservative columnist for the New York Times, but he’s missed the point in this week’s column on ‘The New Humanism.’ In that column, he writes: We emphasize things that are rational and conscious and are inarticulate about the processes down below. We are really good at talking about material [...]
BillHeise | March 5, 2011
I had a thought this morning, so I thought I’d share it with you. I was thinking about how I don’t want to get murdered, because if someone murders me, then my life is over. You probably are concerned with getting murdered, as well, so we have that as common ground on which to build [...]
BillHeise | March 1, 2011
I posted this far-too-long note on Facebook today in response to my friend Larry’s question about union membership. He had posted this video by a smug guy on his Facebook page. I responded with my usual questioning about the math of this guys post. I had heard that the deficit was not 137 million dollars [...]
BillHeise | February 6, 2011
Towards the end of last year, I finished watching 150 westerns in preparation for a future project. But, as I did when I watched 150 film noirs, I saved a few choice bits for last because I knew that my pace of watching so many movies would leave me exhausted. I was too tired to [...]
BillHeise | November 25, 2010
In an age that is still in many ways dominated by the revolution in thought and behavior of the 1960s, I thought it was perhaps appropriate that Joan Baez fell out of her tree house this week. A lesser man than me would gloat that perhaps Ms. Baez was being a little too optimistic when [...]
BillHeise | November 23, 2010
I said the other day that I if you’re not listening to Limbaugh that you’re missing one of the chief drivers of the election cycle and the culture in general. Limbaugh, like his political opponents, is driven by the desire to sort the world into those who are with us and those who are against [...]
BillHeise | November 21, 2010
I consider myself an intellectual, so, yes, I expect some blowback to my assertion that I listen to Rush Limbaugh. Even my conservative parents, who agree with him on economic issues, can’t stand him. They think he’s too conservative on social issues and too full of himself in general. They prefer Dennis Miller, who is [...]
BillHeise | November 16, 2010
I was advised very early on in graduate school that if I wanted to get a job I would have to do some original work. So, weighing my options, I slowly settled on the impact of Aristotle on the development of allegory (I know, how cool am I?). But I came to my interest in [...]
BillHeise | October 26, 2010
I really like Fergie and her group, the Black Eyed Peas. Perhaps my favorite song of hers is Fergalicious: Perhaps my favorite part of this song comes at 1:54-2:09, as she sings: Baby, baby, baby If you really want me Honey, get some patience Maybe then you’ll get a taste Of my tasty, tasty I’ll [...]
BillHeise | September 11, 2010
This post is my take on Jim Cramer’s encounter with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show last year. I’ve had this floating around unfinished for a long time, and I thought I’d never publish it. But after taking the summer off, I wanted to get back in the swing of things and found this. If [...]
