Archive - Echoes From the Margins

What Should We Call Them Other Than Christians?

Because that’s decidedly NOT what they are

Dec 25, 2024 •

My Sauced Christmas Eve in Jesus’s Hometown

Did God punish me for being drunk in church?

Dec 23, 2024 •

Holiday Songs That Don’t Suck

Cool tunes that make the season merrier (or at least more tolerable)

Dec 19, 2024 •

Returning From the Margins

Sometimes the best you can do in turbulent times is lay low and run silently

Dec 11, 2024 •

September 2024

"The Bear" Is Beastly Good TV

Food, family, friends & Chicago offer a tasty full-course show

Sep 3, 2024 •

August 2024

Musical Snobbery Sucks

And it sucks to say that music you don't like sucks

Aug 28, 2024 •

Jon Voight's Icky MAGA Politics Can't Diminish My Admiration for His Thespian Brilliance

An amazing interview with him years ago furthers my conflicted esteem

Aug 16, 2024 •

July 2024

June 2024

"We Are Lady Parts" Rocks with Spiritual Soul

A TV punk rock band of Muslim women makes big points with huge laughs

Jun 18, 2024 •

"Stormy" Doc Shades the Felon & She Wins Again

Daniels is all he is not: a truthful human of soul, substance & humanity

Jun 10, 2024 •

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