Portsmouth: Governor Wentworth publishes a proclamation of Commadore James Gambier extending amnesty to any of his majesty’s sailors who return to post, having deserted.   Gambier also threatens press gangs if his majesty’s sailors do not return to their duty and promises a 40 shilling reward for the return of any seaman. London:  the electors of Westminster […]

January 4, 1771 New Hampshire Gazette As we proceed to the winter of 1771, we’ll be making notes on how the region’s primary newspaper, The New Hampshire Gazette, reported the local and international news. An anonymous writer, who describes himself as “A Member of Dartmouth College” writes  a page long poem of praise to Governor […]

The Wee Little Minds Behind “Hell on Wheels” “..the battle of man scarring nature, verses, this, the beauty of nature..” “..in some ways it’s an anti-western..” “..hell on wheels is dragging the urban blight and the industry of the east across the west and changing it for ever;  it’s kinda the beginning of the west […]

More Cast interviews.  This time Cornelius speaks to Lorraine Pope, the dazzling, vibrant, irrepressible “Molly Pine.” We had lots of fun at the screening for Courage, New Hampshire episode II, not the least of which was the chance to get to have dinner and share conversation with some wonderful people who brought colonial America to […]

How ‘wholesome entertainment’ can be wrong-headed I’ve never been a big fan of calling the merely vulgar ‘ground-breaking.’ I can’t sit through more than about four minutes of Glee and I find even 45 seconds of Deadwood painfully trite in its practiced obscenity.    The sort of person who writes a script merely to offend […]

Well, we will be screening the 2nd episode of “Courage, New Hampshire” tonight and I took a little insomnia time last night to watch J.C. Chandor’s financial suspense film, Margin Call. As pure story, it’s very, very tight stuff.  A risk analyst at a major investment bank discovers something very scary in the CDOs (Collateralized debt obligations) the firm was […]

Click HERE to watch the interview. As promised, “On the Bay” — our show between shows.    In this episode, Tony Katz asks Courage star Nathan Kershaw (“Bob Wheedle”) about loyalty, acting in America, and his home in Great Britain.  Also featured:  Lorraine Pope (“Molly Pine”) Click HERE to watch the interview.  

Vintage Spirit Part II A few days ago, I promised to begin a series on the faith of our fathers, and compare it to the faith of our brothers–how things in the church, and in the heart of the faithful, have changed. This very well might be an outline for a book, so I mean […]

Part I Several weeks ago, the leader of a Christian film ministry sent me a critique of the first episode.    I’ll just call him “Chad”, since my intent here is not to pick a fight, but just to use his commentary as an indicator of the faith has changed over the last 250 years. […]