“Here’s my hope that we all find our Shangri-La…”

By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. With the publication of his novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips in 1934, a book penned by author James Hilton a year earlier, ...

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“I never dreamed that any mere physical experience could be so stimulating!”

By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. One of my fondest memories of collegiate life was a weekend in 1982 in which the activities department at Marshall U...

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Centennial Tributes: Nicholas Ray, Part 2

By Kevin J. Olson Ray’s baroque Western Johnny Guitar is an obvious allegory for repression (both political, the film is filled with refer...

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Peter Falk (1927-2011)

One more thing…before I get started talking about the great Peter Falk, who died Thursday at 83 after a long battle with Alzheimer's di...

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