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,...
by Sean Palmer | Jun 16, 2026 | Opinion
Steven Spielberg has spent fifty years looking at the sky. Close Encounters of the Third Kind looked up in wonder. E.T. looked up in longing. War of the Worlds looked up in terror. Disclosure Day, Spielberg’s latest film, looks up and then, almost immediately, looks...
by Sean Palmer | Jun 2, 2026 | Opinion
AI is a powerful tool. I use it to brainstorm, plan my week, and find it to be a fabulous research assistant. I do not pretend otherwise, and I do not feel the need to apologize for it. The tool is useful. It gives me back hours I would rather spend with my wife, or...
by Sean Palmer | May 20, 2026 | Opinion
A small speckled creature in The Sheep Detectives shows up early and stays with you longer than the murder mystery does. The film calls him the Winter Lamb. He was born outside the cozy season of spring when most sheep are born, and for that small offense of timing,...
