by Sean Palmer | Oct 2, 2026 | Opinion
In 1976, Paddy Chayefsky gave us a warning in Network that most people thought was so fanciful and ludicrous it would never happen. The film told the story of a man unraveling in real time on TV. Instead of getting him the relief and help he needed, television...
by Sean Palmer | Sep 23, 2026 | Opinion
In David Ayer’s film Heart of the Beast, Brad Pitt plays James Belmont, a former Army Special Forces operator who is alone in the Alaskan wilderness with his retired combat dog, Odin. That’s just the way they both want it. Belmont and Odin, both suffering from PTSD...
by Sean Palmer | Sep 15, 2026 | Opinion
When your dad is an American history teacher, your class meets around the clock. My dad both lived through and taught American history. He was a child of the civil rights era and educated my brother and me around coffee tables and turntables as he taught the...
by Sean Palmer | Sep 1, 2026 | Opinion
In late April 2024, Mica Miller was found dead in Lumbar River State Park in North Carolina. Her death, ruled a suicide, is the subject of the new and wildly popular Netflix documentary, Death of the Pastor’s Wife. There is no surprise ending. It’s in the...
by Sean Palmer | Jul 21, 2026 | Opinion
I don’t know if Odysseus went to confession often, but in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, he does at least once. The long-departed, though deceased, King of Ithaca returns home to his bride, Penelope, who has waited twenty years for his return. He has fought Trojans,...
