Monarch “No one saying do this,” sings Simba, “No one saying be there. No one saying stop that, no one saying see here. Free to run around all day – free to do it all my way!” The young lion isn’t singing [https://youtu.be/0bGjlvukgHU] about anarchy, or even…
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Songs of Love
Songs of Love I learned about sex when I was six years old. I was always precocious and independent, so when adults kept mentioning sex in hushed tones when they thought I wasn’t listening, I did the only logical thing: I went to my room and looked it up…
Underdog
Underdogs Steve Rogers has got a problem. He’s short, scrawny, and has a host of childhood diseases and ailments: all factors that prevent him from joining the U.S. Army and fighting in World War II. When he is given the opportunity to audition for a special government soldier…
All You Need
All You Need Is Love Growing up, I listened to The Beatles a lot. My dad and I sang along to “Oh-Bla-Di, Oh-Bla-Da” in the car, I cried along to “Let It Be” and “Blackbird,” and when I got a turntable for Christmas, Magical Mystery Tour was the first LP…
Samson
The Comeback Kid A few years ago, the comedy website Cracked did a countdown of the most hardcore action heroes in the Bible. They mentioned a lot of classics – Ehud’s John McLane-style regicide, Elijah’s calling down fire from heaven – but they reserved some of their loudest praise for…