Pat Murphy - Humboldt Voice

The perpetual fascination with Robin Hood

Posted by Pat Murphy | Sep 17, 2020

The bawdy, brutal outlaw of the original ballads doesn’t fit with the noble figure of popular mid-20th-century presentations

Posted by Pat Murphy | Sep 9, 2020

Like Jimmy Carter in 1980, Donald Trump is an incumbent who needs to raise doubts about his rival

Posted by Pat Murphy | Sep 2, 2020

The combination of Isabel de Clare’s inherited wealth and William Marshal’s earned status made for a fortuitous pairing

Posted by Pat Murphy | Aug 26, 2020

Wilma Rudolph, Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Peter Snell and Herb Elliott were the brightest stars in Rome

Posted by Pat Murphy | Aug 20, 2020

The pandemic has underlined that we should neither disregard nor worship uncritically at the altar of science