Tag: Batman

• What are we doing here?

  There’s a scene from Band of Brothers I’ve been thinking about a lot these days. It’s from the penultimate episode (“Why We Fight”) which finds Easy Company en route to Berchtesgaden in April 1945. Private Webster (played by Eoin Bailey) beholds the thousands of surrendered German POWs marching the other way in defeat and has…

  Feb 6, 2026

  # Band Of Brothers, Batman, Donald Trump, politics, World War II

• Favorite Books of 2016

  According to my records I read more than ever in 2016. Partially this was due to starting as a book reviewer for two library trade journals, thus increasing the volume of pages coming my way. But I also made more time overall for reading, because I love it and I work at a library and…

  Jan 2, 2017

  # Batman, best of, books, Candice Millard, Chuck Klosterman, Glen Weldon, lists, Nick Offerman, Paul Kalanithi, review, Rod Dreher, Scandinavia, Steven Johnson, telegraphy, Winston Churchill

• Terror Will Lose

  At the climax of The Dark Knight, Joker has Batman trapped on the top of a skyscraper while he waits for the boats full of prisoners and civilians to blow up. The clock strikes midnight — the deadline the Joker gave to those on the boat — but there’s no explosion. For the first time…

  May 22, 2013

  # Batman, England, politics, religion, terrorism, The Dark Knight, The Joker

• The Dark Knight – Round 2

  Just saw The Dark Knight for the second time. I tried to take in all the theories and analyses I read after seeing it the first time and look at the film with a discerning eye. The big thing I noticed was that Bruce’s love for Rachel fuels a lot of his decisions and affects…

  Aug 20, 2008

  # Batman, film, movies, The Dark Knight