The Screaming Pope
Rants and reactions to contemporary politics, art and culture.
Friday, June 23, 2017
Il Boom
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Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948) took place in an impoverished post-war Rome. The director’s Il Boom ( 1963) , currently revi...
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Trouble in Paradise
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Have you ever screamed at those you love? Have you lost all patience with them at the moment when you’ve landed in paradise and you wer...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Chesapeake Journal: Still Pond
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map of Still Pond area: Alexrk2 Who are Mary J. Clark Howard, Anne Baker Maxwell and Lillie Derrigan Kelley? They were t...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Chesapeake Journal: Rock Hall of Fame
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watercolor by Hallie Cohen Rock Hall is a legendary fishing village down the road from Chestertown. Tullalah Bankhead ...
Monday, June 19, 2017
Chesapeake Journal: Sumner Hall
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photograph by Hallie Cohen Every environment has its own narrative which explains the reason for its existence or th...
Friday, June 16, 2017
The Pros and Cons of Having Dark Thoughts
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You can’t avoid dark thoughts anymore than you can prevent threatening storm clouds which eventually result in the kind ...
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