Updated 12/13/2025

Remembering the 1975 Boston Red Sox: not the weirdest team of its time, nor quite the best, but the only one that I, as a long-lapsed...

My review of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – the album, and the new Super Deluxe 50th Anniversary Edition – is up at Critics at...

My review of Dion’s fantastic 1965 Columbia recordings with Tom Wilson and Al Kooper, newly reissued, is up at Critics at Large.

At Critics at Large, my reconsideration of a problematic, important film, in which the question is asked: What does Rod Steiger have to...

Did I ever tell you about the closest I ever came to having my name in Time Magazine? Admittedly, not as big a deal now as it would have...

At Critics at Large, my appreciation of a longtime favorite film, The World of Henry Orient – and the equally fine novel that inspired it.

Two happy events occurred today. One you’ve heard about: Trumpcare was declared dead in the water. The other you haven’t: I got my copy...

At Critics at Large: my review of Paul La Farge's new novel, The Night Ocean, concerning H.P. Lovecraft, pseudocide, and the stories that...

The Fall 2016 Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter has two pieces of interest. My “Research Reflections” article details the processes...

On June 4, 2016, Gettysburg College held its annual Reunion Weekend. The Class of 1971, celebrating its 45th anniversary, graciously...