KURT BAUMEISTER for THE WEEKLINGS Monday, April 25, 2016 I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen The Silence of … Continue reading LOOKING BACK AT THE ABYSS: REFLECTIONS ON BINGE-WATCHING “HANNIBAL”
KURT BAUMEISTER for THE WEEKLINGS Monday, March 28, 2016 I. Look around today and you see heroes everywhere. TV, films, comic … Continue reading THE HEROES WE NEED
KURT BAUMEISTER for THE WEEKLINGS Monday, February 22, 2016 Nuclear Nightmares If you lived through any part of the Cold … Continue reading POLITICAL TIME MACHINE
KURT BAUMEISTER for THE WEEKLINGS Monday, January 25, 2016 Scream, Dream, Nightmare There was a dream that was Rome. You could … Continue reading SCREAM, DREAM, NIGHTMARE
KURT BAUMEISTER for THE WEEKLINGS Wednesday, October 14, 2015 I. Like an electronic Benjamin Button, like a newborn at death’s … Continue reading THE BITTER AND THE SWEET: MY UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 10
KURT BAUMEISTER for THE WEEKLINGS Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Press Secretary to the Angel of Death Picture a fiery and sulfurous … Continue reading THE WORST PEOPLE IN AMERICA: WAYNE LAPIERRE
KURT BAUMEISTER for THE WEEKLINGS Saturday, June 13, 2015 SOMETIMES A LACK OF CONCERN is pure, an exact rendering of how … Continue reading SEVEN THINGS WE DON’T CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK: SEMI-CROWD-SOURCED, SUMMER BLOCKBSTER, TRIPLE CROWN, JAM-PACKED-WITH-CARING-AND-UNCARING EDITION
BY KURT BAUMEISTER for THE RUMPUS May 2nd, 2015 If you’re looking for commentary on the coming presidential campaign, television has … Continue reading THE SATURDAY RUMPUS ESSAY: FEMALE PRESIDENT? TV SAYS, “DEFINITELY, MAYBE.”
KURT BAUMEISTER for THE WEEKLINGS Saturday, April 4, 2015 SYMBOLS. Cast in metal, spun in cloth, or graven in stone; raised … Continue reading “MAD MEN” EULOGIES: DON DRAPER
KURT BAUMEISTER for THE WEEKLINGS Friday, September 5, 2014 REPUBLICANS used to make me think of the circus. Whether it … Continue reading RICK PERRY, BIZARRO SUPERMAN?