Author: Christian Coleman
This December I’m Celebrating The Matrix
I’ll never recapture the high of watching it for the first time, but this December, I get to go back to the Matrix. All you Reloaded and Revolutions haters can just stay asleep and ignorant in the world The Matrix created.
5 Questions Matrix Resurrections Should Answer
Matrix Resurrections premieres on December 22, 2021, and I demand answers.
December 1, 1824 — The Electoral College Fails Again
The Electoral College isn’t a term in the US Constitution. It’s a construction that allows us to envision the collective body of electors who choose the president.
Amazon’s Wheel of Time: 1980s Sensibilities, Great Casting, & Bad CGI
If you like Lord of the Rings and The Witcher or if the dragons are your favorite part of Game of Thrones, The Wheel of Time won’t disappoint.
None Dare Call It Racism
Racism is never a popular political strategy in U.S. politics because if it is popular, none dare call it racism.
3 Obvious Reasons Why The Jedi Order is Nonsense
The Jedi Order as depicted in the Star Wars franchise is an organizational nightmare. It makes less than zero sense. Shall we count the ways?
The 5th of November: The Gunpowder, Treason, and Slave Revolt
Slavery is not a natural condition, despite what American slaveholders said.
Rome Is Burning. Joe Biden Is Fiddling. Can We Survive the Assault?
A catastrophic fire broke out in Rome in 64 CE. As the legend goes, Nero Caesar was too consumed with fiddling while massive swathes of the city were destroyed. Some […]
Midnight Mass Is Great, But Why Are Vampires Always Catholic?
Midnight Mass is one of the most interesting shows I’ve watched in a long time*. The show is essentially a long, slow rumination on the nature of faith. The characters […]
Tribes of Europa Is Uttterly Predictable. I Love It.
I’m not a connoisseur of science-fiction and fantasy; I’m a glutton. Connoisseurs consume only the finest examples of a product. Gluttons will take whatever and as much as they can […]