The C. S. Lewis Institute is coming to Central PA. With branches in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia — along with 11 other states, plus such countries as Ireland, Japan and Kenya — CSLI was named for the British writer whose radio talks and bestselling novels made him one of the 20th century’s most beloved Christian figures.
Charles Portis is one of a kind. Best known for his 1968 novel True Grit — twice adapted for the screen — Portis was born in 1933 and lived to age 86, passing away five years ago (Feb. 17, 2020); yet he wrote only four other novels and is now all but unknown in the
At age 64, I remain convinced that deep in the soul of every middle-aged man, there’s a 12-year-old boy who never grew up. That’s why grandpas still crack gas-gags with their grandsons. And it’s also why Dav Pilkey’s riotous “Captain Underpants” books were a hit with kids and grown-ups alike. (After all, that series features
In most English-speaking countries, the letter Z — our recent focus here in Webb’s “Weird Words” — is pronounced “zed”; and that’s because it originally derives from the Greek letter zeta. In some regional dialects, Z can even be styled as “izzard”; but of course, American English uses “zee.” In this way, Z rhymes with
Flight Risk is a short, swift thriller directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg as the bad guy. Despite a measly 21% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, the movie does its job reasonably well, managing to hold our attention despite a poorly thought-out script. Downton Abbey’s Michelle Dockery plays Madolyn Harris, a U.S. Marshal charged
