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Tag Archives: #America
I’ve Been Away Awhile, Rebuilding
I haven’t posted since mid-summer when I gushed about U2. Been rebuilding. This blog now appears on my new website, http://www.chrisryanwrites.com. Worth a look, if I do say so myself. Been rebuilding my social media presence, too. Much more Instagram, … Continue reading
Posted in America, Book lovers, fiction, politics, pop culture, writing
Tagged #America, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #books, #getcaughtreading, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #writerslife, #WriterWednesday
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U2 Uses Mysterious Brush With Death to Defend the Idea of America
My wife, known here and on my social media as the goddess, has saved my life yet again; she took me to the U2 Innocence and Experience Tour 2018 five times. Yeah, five concerts, same band, same show. Five times … Continue reading
New Year’s Eve Epiphany
“It’s the final countdown…” The was the song playing when I got bagels this morning. Hard not to smirk. Harder to dismiss in this, the era of American divisiveness. But we haven’t lost all hope, not yet. At least that’s … Continue reading
Posted in #adventure, #comedy, #POTUS, #Trump, America, Faith, fiction, Marvel Cinematic Universe, politics, pop culture, Spirituality, writing
Tagged #2018, #America, #American, #amwriting, #BlackMirror, #Callister, #divisiveness, #MariahCarey, #Marvel, #politics, #publishing, #selfpublishing
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10 Reasons to Applaud Tina Fey’s “Cake”
Social media is blowing up about Tina Fey’s appearance on Weekend Update Summer Edition, accusing her of white privilege and insensitivity, and all that blame misses several points. Tina Fey’s piece is brilliant and brave and aimed right at Nazis … Continue reading
Posted in #comedy, #POTUS, #Trump, America, politics, pop culture, TinaFey, Weekend Update, writing
Tagged #America, #comedy, #WeekendUpdate, #whitesupremacists, #womenwriters, TinaFey, writing
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Washington, DC or Local Schools: Which is America?
I had two diametrically opposed experiences today. One was the Jeff Sessions Session. The other was a local high school academic awards dinner. And it struck during the dinner that I had witnessed staggeringly different expressions of America within hours … Continue reading
Posted in #POTUS, #Trump, America, education, Faith, High school, love, parenting, politics, pop culture, Spirituality, teaching, teenagers
Tagged #academichonors, #America, #Comey, #Congress, #graduation2017, #Newsmedia, #Russia, #scholarship, #SenateHearing, #Sessions, #Trump, AmericanIdeal
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10 Questions about Tonight’s The Walking Dead Finale
I’ve been intrigued with this season of The Walking Dead. Kirkman and the boys have done impressive work making what we know as normal seem weird and unnatural and tension-filled in the TWD world. And it worries me. Yes, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, fiction, film, pop culture, The Walking Dead
Tagged #AMC, #AMCTheWalkingDead, #America, #amwriting, #authorlife, #Negan, #RickGrimes, #RobertKirkman, #TheWalkingDead, #TheWalkingDeadFinale, #TWD
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The USA is stronger than a magazine cover
There is a controversy now about the latest cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. It features an apparently cleaned up version of a headshot of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Bomber. Some say Rolling Stone has made him “look like a … Continue reading
Posted in America, education, husband, kids, love, parenting, politics, pop culture, sons, teaching, teenagers, writing
Tagged #, #America, #BostonBombing, #FreedomOfThePress, #publishing, #RollingStone
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