
One Thing I Love About Hamilton
We’ve been hearing such effusive praise about Hamilton for so long that I’m not surprised by how much I enjoyed it. But I am surprised that the ending had me ugly-crying.

Museum of the Weird
Reading Rolly Crump’s book convinced me I’ve been wrong about Disney’s tension between originality and familiarity.


Everything is Counterfactual
Changes to Splash Mountain reveal how a Disney-loving southern boy came to have false memories of his childhood

Disney Blasphemy Featuring IPCOT
Second-guessing some truths that Disney fans hold to be self-evident.

Hail to the Chaff
It’s no exaggeration to say that Trump is a genuine threat to American democracy. But I think a lot of us are responding in the worst possible ways.








