Category Archives: World Affairs

GENEVA: BEGONIA BROWN GOES TO PARLIAMENT

Despite being one of his most daring and prescient works, of all Bernard Shaw’s plays, Geneva is the most disparaged. The criticism moved Shaw to join those who hate the play. By 1938 he had remarked: “What a horrible play! Why had I to write it?” Two events seem to have conspired to bring about […]

September 7, 2015 – 5:09 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in from Paul, History, Men and Women, Politics, Theater, World Affairs | Comments Off on GENEVA: BEGONIA BROWN GOES TO PARLIAMENT

ASSASSINATION THEATER: The Most Important and Exciting Theater You Will See

The first great work of theater, Oedipus Rex, is a whodunit. Ever since, solving mysteries seems part and parcel of what audiences expect of the theatrical experience. I was a high school student beginning a lifelong study of theater when the shots rang out in Dallas. Being sent home from school due to an assassination […]

August 18, 2015 – 12:09 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, History, Media, Newspapers, Politics, radio, Television, Theater, Videos, World Affairs | Comments Off on ASSASSINATION THEATER: The Most Important and Exciting Theater You Will See

AMERICAN SNIPER: The Sheepdog

The great films of Clint Eastwood have a fascination with the nature of male friendship. From Unforgiven through Invictus, Gran Torino, Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers, Mystic River, and even Jersey Boys, the director has explored philia (brotherly love) with a depth and understanding rare in any other director. At times Eastwood’s […]

January 30, 2015 – 4:18 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, Movies, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theology, Uncategorized, World Affairs | Comments Off on AMERICAN SNIPER: The Sheepdog

BILLY GRAHAM ON 9/11

President and Mrs. Bush, I want to say a personal word on behalf of many people. Thank you, Mr. President, for calling this Day of Prayer and Remembrance. We needed it at this time. We come together today to affirm our conviction that God cares for us, whatever our ethnic, religious or political background may […]

September 11, 2012 – 4:17 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Art, Current Events, History, Politics, Quotations, Talks, Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theology, World Affairs | Comments Off on BILLY GRAHAM ON 9/11

HOSTAGE: STORYTELLER AND RESCUE

St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in instructing catechumens, wrote: “The dragon sits by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” No matter what form the dragon may take, it is of this mysterious […]

September 7, 2012 – 5:32 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Books, from Paul, History, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theology, World Affairs | Comments Off on HOSTAGE: STORYTELLER AND RESCUE