A man with a rifle walking with his son down a country road is not something I’d be likely to even remember driving by. Doesn’t move my needle at all. Here’s one that I hope gets the publicity it needs, because we have a lot of folks who need to be roused. I first read … Read more
I started BoWilliams.com in October 2006, really on a whim. I was sitting in the living room, and had a thought like “oh yeah, I need to see about that blogging thing.” Five minutes later, WmWms was born. (That’s what my blog was called then. It’s short for William Williams, you see. Most people got … Read more
Famed film critic Roger Ebert died yesterday. He was 70. My favorite thing about Ebert’s reviews is their consistent voice and principle. He was very effective at plainspoken profundity, and he’d frequently say things that I chewed on for the day after reading. I also much appreciated his philosophy of reviewing a film on its … Read more