Best made in late summer using ripe vegetables, ratatouille is an iconic French Provençal stew of tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, and bell peppers, slowly cooked together until creamy soft. While an uncomplicated recipe, making a good ratatouille does require a bit of time. Make this stovetop version on a weekend, and enjoy it throughout the week—ratatouille…
Customer Complains About Delay in Order but Returns With a Gift After Learning Restaurant Was Short-Staffed
A Wendy’s customer in Central Florida who was initially upset about a delay in her order returned to the restaurant with a gift for an employee after learning that the fast-food chain was short-staffed—proving that kindness still existed in the world. Carolyn Bravo Diaz, the mother of one of the outlet’s employees, explained in a…
Film Review: ‘Corsicana’: Rookie Director Isaiah Washington Delivers a Western for the Ages
August 24, 2022
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"Corsicana"Arts & CultureBrightFilm & TVIsaiah WashingtonJason JohnsonLife & TraditionThe Lone Ranger
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R | 1h 42min | Drama, Western, Thriller | 26 August 2022 (USA) Having never officially fallen out of favor with audiences, Westerns went from a genre behemoth in the mid-20th century to what is now a compartmented specialty with a modest but fervent cult following. If not for the efforts of Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Quentin Tarantino, and Taylor Sheridan over…
Online Series Review: ‘Private Lives’: A Country Caught in the Crossfire of Tyranny
R | 6 episodes | Drama, Thriller | Aug. 25, 2022 (USA) Big Hollywood blockbusters like “Casino Royale” and “The Bourne Identity” were filmed at Prague’s Barrandov Studios, but didactic propaganda films were also made there, during the German occupation and under the Communist regime. The history of the studio and its founder, Milos Havel (the great playwright and former…
This Gardener Wants to Teach the World How to Grow Healthy, Bountiful Food
In 1976, gardener Jim Kennard discovered the Mittleider gardening method, and was blown away by the bountiful fruits and vegetables he reaped that year. His harvest was far more abundant than any of his previous crops. When he retired from a successful career as a CPA, he decided to help create and become the pro-bono…
A New World of Heavenly Art
Oh heavens above! In a circular painting by 18th-century Mexican artist Antonio de Torres, a glorious Virgin hovers in heaven among a swirl of pastel clouds. As the Virgin looks up to God, she emanates divine light. A 12-starred halo crowns her head as she stands on a crescent moon, with a jolly sun peeking out from…
Ex-Combat Veterans Travel US in Renovated Bus, ‘Roadschooling’ Their 7 Children Along the Way
After retiring from the U.S. military, two ex-combat personnel who met in Iraq swapped army duties for a life on the open road, converting a 200-square-foot school bus into a home on wheels for themselves and their seven children. Together, they have been exploring the United States since 2018, “roadschooling” as they go. Texas natives…
Lessons Relearned: Some Good News About America
“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear” begins Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing.” Though published in his “Leaves of Grass” poetry collection in 1860 with the Civil War looming, Whitman’s verse celebrates the American work ethic, individuality, and the unity of the country. Things are different today. We may have occasionally…
Under Construction: Repairing Western Civilization One Reader at a Time
August 23, 2022
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Alfred Thayer MahanAnthony EsolenArts & CulturebooksBrightHarriet Beecher StoweLife & TraditionThe Great Books of the Western World
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When we think of the world’s most influential books, a host of titles might come to mind: the epics of the ancient world, the Bible, the Quran, the philosophies left to us by the likes of Plato, Aristotle, and Marcus Aurelius, and so on down through the centuries. The possibilities appear inexhaustible. If we narrow…
Woman Adopted as a Newborn Meets Birth Parents After Almost 2 Decades: ‘They Chose My Family’
Hannah Jennings’s birth parents were young high schoolers when they had her, back in 1999. At a tender age themselves, they kept the pregnancy a secret. The teen parents did what they felt was best for their baby: placing her with adoptive parents, and hoping they’d give her the life she deserved. Eighteen years later,…
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