HS Comments on the Fly

An article out of the UK makes it sounds like some homeschoolers, among others, are responsible for hunger in Idaho.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, anarchist and socialist labour unions and political parties were rather influential in this part of America; the state’s miners, lumbermen, and other industrial workers were some of the most radical in the land. By the 1980s, however, as Christian conservatives and extreme, home-schooler-type libertarians gained in influence, progressive movements in the state had more or less imploded, and the state, its legislature dominated by conservative Republicans, embarked, pell-mell, on a programme of tax cuts and a decimation of the social safety net. (emphasis mine)

According to a review in Los Angeles City Beat, Thr3e is a “religious film.” I think it sounds rather untempting. It’s something about a seminary student, a secret, and a serial bomber. And let’s not forget the homeschooling parents who are trying to protect their children from the evil outside world.

I suspect I’ll watch it, though, no matter how dull it sounds because Justine Waddell and Marc Blucas are in it. They are interesting actors to watch — but in this case only on DVD. I guess it released last Friday, but I didn’t see one commercial for it on TV.

Marc Blucas is also in a movie not yet released called The Jane Austen Book Club. It sounds great! The book club gets together and then finds that their present relationships begin to resemble the relationships in Jane Austen’s novels.

Won’t that be a kick? Now, I’ve just gotta find out which Jane Austen novels so I can make sure we’ve read/watched them.