What ‘The Americans’ can teach us about marriage

Thanks to the folks at Rare for carrying my essay on FX’s The Americans and faithfulness in marriage. From pilot to season finale, Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings gave us a lot to chew on…

The Iceman Cometh. Slowly.

A quick personal reflection on Game of Thrones

I am truly heartened by the restraint exercised with regard to the White Walkers–that widely dismissed as apocryphal but all too real army of magical creatures and their undead minions who are on the march north of The Wall.  I confess that ever since we saw this guy

at the end of last season, I’ve been worried about the whole thing getting hijacked by zombies. Continue reading The Iceman Cometh. Slowly.