February 11, 2023

'Sweetness': Walter Payton and the 1985 Chicago Bears

With the Super Bowl tomorrow and my grade school knowledge of Roman numerals unable to calculate which number this one will be, my thoughts have turned not to the Super Bowl yet to come, but to a Super Bowl of football past. It was a time when the...

February 8, 2023

Celebrating Black History Month with A Song

In celebrating Black history month this year, I thought it would be fitting to finally recognize a triumph of African American literature that has, ironically, been falsely accused of racism. That achievement is embodied in a 1946 Walt Disney movie e...