The Myth of Scarcity
in "Under-Recognized" Art
| Published January 4, 2026 |
By Eric T. Mazzacone,
Thursday Review contributor
I read ArtNews' recent list of "under-recognized artists" with mixed feelings. While it's valuable to spotlight overlooked work, the framing subtly reinforces a damaging idea: that recognition itself is scarce—a prize rationed to a deserving few...(click to read more)
When the Album Took Over Rock & Roll:
Rubber Soul at 60
| Published December 22, 2025 |
By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor
Sixty years ago, in December 1965, The Beatles released their album Rubber Soul. Rock and Roll music was never quite the same after that, for one of the album's greatest legacies is that it immediately inspired(some would say forced) pop music artists and bands to...(click to read more)
Ronnie and
Reggie Kray
“Everybody Likes a Gangster”
| Published April 13, 2018 |
By Kevin Robbie,
Thursday Review contributor
On March 29, 1995, the east end of London witnessed one of the most high-profile funeral processions seen in decades. Typically, such a scene was reserved for...(click to read more)
U.S. Opioid Problem Becomes Florida’s Biggest Health Crisis
| Published July 28, 2017 |By Earl Perkins,
Thursday Review features editor
The word epidemic often gets overused and abused in the media and in mainstream conversation. But there may be no clearer example of what that...(click to read more)
Facts and Their Alternatives
| Published February 9, 2017 |By Jeff Cahlon,
Thursday Review contributor
After Speaker of the House Paul Ryan invited President Donald Trump to make a special address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump quickly...
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The Split Screen of Castro’s Passing
| Published November 28, 2016 |By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor
It was inevitable. There would have to be that split screen—two almost comically differing reactions by people who not only speak the same language, but speak with with the same regional inflection and accent. Some of those on either side of that split screen were related, cousins, perhaps distant, perhaps...(click to read more)
Trump’s Huge Win:
How the Pundits & Pollsters Got it Wrong
| Published November 11, 2016 |
By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor
The editors here at Thursday Review wrote two headlines early on Tuesday: Clinton Wins, World Ends at Midnight; Trump Wins, World Ends at Midnight. Both headlines, however, were deemed...(click to read more)
The Florida Times-Union Endorses Donald Trump
| Published November 6, 2016 |By Thursday Review staff writers
The Jacksonville-based Florida Times-Union, one of the oldest newspapers in the Sunshine State, has...(click to read more)
Out of Congress, Brown’s Troubles Far From Over
| Published October 18, 2016 |By Earl Perkins,
Thursday Review features editor
A recently defeated congresswoman from Florida is facing a complex and costly challenge as...(click to read more)
Colin Kaepernick’s America
| Published September 2, 2016 |By Earl Perkins,
Thursday Review features editor
San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick is well within his rights to sit through the United States’ national anthem prior to National Football League games, saying he refuses to stand for a country that...(click to read more)
Corrine Brown Intends to
Fight for Political Survival
| Published August 14, 2016 |
By Earl Perkins,
Thursday Review features editor
When U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is backed into a corner, she always comes out swinging, and it seems she's recruited a home-run hitter in internationally acclaimed...(click to read more)
How an Assassination Changed the American Conversation
| Published June 9, 2016 |By Craig R. Seaton,
Thursday Review contributor
“NATION MOURNS SLAIN PRESIDENT” read the morning headline on November 23, 1963—not quite 18 hours after John F. Kennedy was senselessly...(click to read more)
Email Controversy Expands for Hillary Clinton
| Published May 27, 2016 |By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor
Despite a scathing report issued this week by the Office of the Inspector General, and in spite of an ongoing FBI investigation which now looks to be broadening in scope, Presidential candidate and...(click to read more)
Dangers in the
South China Sea
| Published May 11, 2016 |
By Earl Perkins,
Thursday Review features editor
The United States has been the strongest nation in the world for generations, but the Peoples Republic of China is giving us a run for our money. A communist...(click to read more)
Why Swimming Lessons Are
a Must in Florida
| Published April 20, 2016 |
By Earl Perkins, Thursday Review features editor
I despise the thought of government intrusion into the lives of citizens, but I wouldn't cry if a few...(click to read more)
Will Florida Find Genuine Closure for Dozier School for Boys?
| Published March 14, 2016 |By Earl Perkins,
Thursday Review features writer
The Florida Legislature has committed $500,000 toward reburying the remains of children and teens found in unmarked graves at a now-infamous state-run reform school in the...(click to read more)
Should Women Vote for Clinton Because She’s a Woman?
| Published February 22, 2016 |By Carol Chance,
Thursday Review contributor
It has happened again.
Let me preface this with some details about myself. I am not a political science major. In fact, I have very little college education. I'm just a person who has been mostly battling in that school...(click to read more)
My Work Life With PTSD
| Published January 19, 2016 |By Carol Chance,
Thursday Review contributor
Let’s take a simple test. Pull out your insurance card. You probably don't pay much attention to it since you use it mostly to go to your primary care physician. And, like many people, you fill...(click to read more)
A Chorus of Boos for the Banned Stanford Band
| Published January 3, 2016 |By Earl Perkins,
Thursday Review features writer
The Stanford band was somehow able to dent all six pillars of character with its performances at the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Its antics were highlighted by two parodies of Iowa, one prior to the...(click to read more)
Enjoying Christmas in China: It's Up To You!
| Published December 19, 2015 |By Michael Bush,
Thursday Review writer
It's Christmas time, y'all. No matter where you are around the world, if you grew up celebrating this holiday then you're probably excited about this time of year and all that...(click to read more)
Happy Valley:
The Dismal Business of Ripping Off Disney
| Published November 15, 2015 |
By Michael Bush, Thursday Review contributor
Recently, the mysterious urban street artist Banksy funded a “bemusement” park mockingly titled “Dismaland.” The art installation and sociopolitical statement was...(click to read more)
Thank the Lord for Ice Cream!
| Published October 23, 2015 |By Michael Bush, Thursday Review contributor
Being a parent is hard. No one really prepared us for how hard it actually is. Moving to China with a three year old is even harder. No one really prepared us for how...(click to read more)
Seven Treasures: The Allure of the Water Towns
| Published September 27, 2015 |
By Michael Bush, Thursday Review contributor
Whether you are only in Shanghai for a few days, visiting family for several months, or have lived in the giant megacity for many years, you will at one point or another be given the...[Read more]
Ohio Vs. Alaska: Making a Mountain Out of a Mountain
| Published August 31, 2015 |
By Thursday Review staff
The mountain rises 20,320 feet above pristine Alaska wilderness. At that height, it is the tallest peak in all of North and Central America. It is also... (click to read more)
A Memorial Made of Flags
| Published July 27, 2015 |
By Thursday Review staff
Local residents of Chattanooga, Tennessee place American flags and other patriotic items at the makeshift memorial which sprang up near the Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Chattanooga, the site where four U.S. Marines and one U.S. Naval sailor...(click to read more)
Government in the Sunshine, Sort Of
| published March 20, 2015 |
By Earl Perkins
Thursday Review features editor
I remember the good old days when you could actually access public records and read them whenever you needed the information in Florida. The process was governed by something known as Sunshine Laws.
Oops...that's another figment of my imagination that never really happened, according to the Florida Times-Union. Today, some government officials will make...[read more]
Terrorism, and the Legacy of Charlie Hebdo
| published January 15, 2015 |
By Earl Perkins
Thursday Review features editor
Terrorists and lawless groups do whatever they want, leaving death and destruction in their wake while bringing anarchy to the world: herding those of other religions into soccer stadiums before raping the women and killing the men, kidnapping children, stealing land and property from others, enslaving and torturing anybody who gets in their way.
These are just a few of many things that bad people have done for eons, and organized nations today somehow think...[read more]
The NSA's Quiet Acknowledgement
| published January 7, 2015 |
By Thursday Review editors
While most Americans were enjoying their Christmas Eve—quietly, perhaps, at home with holiday food, gift-wrapping, Christmas lights, and eggnog—or perhaps engaged in the more hectic task of frenzied last-minute gift-buying—a long, detailed government report was issued with little fanfare and even less mainstream media attention.
That lengthy report and review, posted on the website of the U.S. National Security Administration late on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, reveals what some have already suspected, others have feared, and still others have defended: that the NSA’s...[read more]
The NFL's Unfortunate Tradition
| published November 21, 2014 |
By Earl Perkins,
Thursday Review features editor
Our system has created, via incompetent parenting and a failing educational system, a generation of violent video game-watching, unsupervised and under-educated miscreants who place no value on anyone else's life or needs but themselves.
I've been researching this story in my mind for years, but never got around to placing it on paper. A short article admonishing the powers that be was my goal, but I'm rushing to finish before it calls for a 10-volume book series. I said we'll trot out a few players who had run-ins with the law, and maybe even build a small depth chart.
However, bad behavior from superstar football players has been swept...[read more]
Udall Against All?
| published November 2, 2014 |
By John T. Herndon,
Thursday Review contributor
Colorado Sen. Mark Udall's immediate reaction this past summer to the Supreme Court's ruling involving Hobby Lobby and the requirements of the Affordable Care Act highlights what may well be a deeper conviction he holds regarding the rights of citizens and a reluctance to actively defend them. Combined with his silence as a response to a letter I sent him in 2013, Sen. Udall may well doubt the very notion of constitutional rights as things which are held by citizens, preferring to view us as subjects of governmental authority, relying on that authority for any and all actions that we are allowed...[read more]
The VA's Problems Won't Go Away Quickly
| published July 24, 2014 |
By Earl Perkins,
Thursday Review features editor
When a worm burrows into an apple, you don't realize there's a major problem until it's ruined, and this scenario could be used as an analogy with the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal.
We're a couple months into a nationwide investigation, and it seems that more than...[read more]
The Infanticide & Abortion Media Blackout
| published April 30, 2014 |
By Mary Alexandra Pooler,
Thursday Review contributor
A Utah woman was arrested in mid-April in connection with the bodies of seven infants found in her home. She gave birth to all seven, strangling six of them in an act of infanticide—the seventh was stillborn.
A Pennsylvania woman was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for killing her own child in August 2013. She delivered her baby boy in a sports bar bathroom, smothered him, stuffed him in a bag, and crammed him into a toilet tank. She then returned to...
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The Art of Joyful Living
| published March 10, 2014 |
Brien Sorne,
Thursday Review guest columnist
In the endless maize of choices we are presented every day that promise health and happiness, here is a quick list of basics for finding lasting joy in this otherwise temporary, entertainment-oriented culture. Fair warning: these are not available without making a decided effort to turn away from the incessant drone of the aforementioned tide.
All people need a place to belong. Even our mental reality...[read more]
Eminent Domain and the Fifth Amendment
| published February 15, 2014 |
Thursday Review Associate Editor
First it was the American Indians, and then came the slaves. Many acted like those decisions only adversely affected those people, but then came constricting laws and excessive taxation. The two-party political system demanded money like a great vampire-sucking squid, providing minimal services in return, while thumbing its collective nose at the citizenry.
The right of eminent domain traces its origins to the Constitution's Fifth Amendment, and was designed—as a sort of balancing act—to....[read more]
One Man Against His Bank
| published January 7, 2013 |
By Earl Perkins
Thursday Review Associate Editor
Ronald Yaffe needs a kidney to prolong his life. That fact usually wouldn't warrant a full-length story and concern on the part of the general populace. However, Yaffe has much bigger problems than a bad kidney and questions about his future. He's 73 years old with major health issues, but he's been waging a yearlong battle...[Continue reading]
The Dangers of Texting While Driving
| published December 15, 2013 |
By Earl Perkins
Thursday Review Associate Editor
Thousands of people in this country will whine about their rights with the introduction of laws banning texting while driving. Well, I've just about...[Continue reading]
The Simple Act of Reading
| published December 2, 2013 |
By Earl Perkins
Thursday Review Associate Editor
In Florida, Sarasota County Jail inmates and their families are smiling today, after a newly launched program has prisoners reading....[Continue reading]
The Case for Better Banking Regulation
| published November 23, 2013 |
By Earl Perkins
Thursday Review Associate Editor
JP Morgan Chase has agreed to pay a record $13 billion settlement, following multiple investigations concerning toxic mortgage investments, including those that helped trigger the....[Continue reading]
