Michael Cook

Little Rock

Film Critic at KLRT-TV (Little Rock, AR)

Strategic comms consultant, film critic for KLRT-TV, & KARK-TV. AR’s sole member of @CriticsChoice. Tomatometer-Approved Critic

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Touching joy at Bishop Percy’s ordination Mass

1 week ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Michael Cook

You can almost touch joy in a Gothic cathedral. That’s what I was thinking as I attended the ordination of Sydney’s newest auxiliary bishop, Tony Percy. At the Communion, the Ave verum soared up and up and up to the star-coffered ceiling, bursting in fireworks of radiant sound, raining Mozart over the congregation. You could almost hear “the Cherubim and Seraphim crying out to you in endless praise,” as the choir sang in the Te Deum. Not just the song, but the silence.
Trump administration reverses student visa revocations, including six FAU students

2 weeks ago | upressonline.com | Michael Cook

In recent weeks, the Trump administration revoked the visas of six Florida Atlantic University students, prompting concerns about their legal immigration status and potential deportation. However, FAU spokesperson Joshua Glanzer said all visa revocations have since been reversed. “We don’t have any information on why. That lies with the federal government,” Glanzer wrote in an April 28 email.
PATRIOT MIKE SHOW April 24, 2025 – [your]NEWS

3 weeks ago | yournews.com | Michael Cook

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PATRIOT MIKE SHOW April 23, 2025 – [your]NEWS

3 weeks ago | yournews.com | Michael Cook

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Plane crash reported near FAU Boca Raton campus

1 month ago | upressonline.com | Michael Cook

Editor’s Note: Information referenced from a Sun Sentinel article was removed to provide more accurate details from a Boca Raton Police Department news release. A Friday Florida Atlantic University announcement warned the community about a small plane crash that killed three people near Military Trail in Boca Raton, located about 11 minutes away from the campus.
FAU Board of Trustees waves goodbye to two departing trustees

1 month ago | upressonline.com | Michael Cook

The Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees concluded their final spring semester meeting on April 8, with FAU President Adam Hanser attending his first official meeting under his administration and bidding farewell to two trustees leaving the board.
This is going to be a unique contest between two Catholics | The Catholic Weekly

1 month ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Michael Cook

The Federal election next month (3 May) may be the first in Australian history in which both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition identify as Catholics. “Identify” is the operative word. Neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton is a regular church goer, but both acknowledged in conversation with The Australian’s Troy Bramston recently that they have Catholic backgrounds. Mr Albanese said that his Catholic faith was a source of solace and strength.
Behind the handcuffs: Q&A with FAU Chief of Police Sean Brammer

1 month ago | upressonline.com | Michael Cook

Sean Brammer has served in blue for the Florida Atlantic University Police Department since 2006. However, his law enforcement experience dates back to 1997, when he began working for the Florida Highway Patrol. He worked his way up the ranks at FAU and became the Chief of Police in 2017. In a phone interview with the University Press, Brammer pulled back the yellow caution tape to offer an inside look at the department’s protocol.
Inconvenient Bankruptcy Appeals

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Michael Cook

Too many district courts and bankruptcy appellate panels (BAPs)have been refusing to review non-final (i.e., interlocutory)bankruptcy court orders for questionable reasons, according to thisarticle by an experienced business bankruptcy litigator. Thesecourts, though, have the requisite jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.§158(a)(3) and (b) ("...jurisdiction ... with leave ofthe court, from interlocutory orders ...."). Some courts forexample, claim to lack discretion to review "certaininterlocutory orders.
Empty Bankruptcy Win For Commercial Landlord

Feb 11, 2025 | mondaq.com | Michael Cook

Bankruptcy Code "[§]365(d)(4) does not apply to the[purported lease] because it is not a 'true lease,'"held the Second Circuit in In re Sears Holdings Corporation, 2024WL 5113165, *3 (2d Cir. Dec. 16, 2024).