The fight over health care reform in the United States has gotten nastier and nastier. Part of what passes for debate has been shrill charges from those opposed to providing health care for the...
Right from the off you can guess Enzo Castellari’s "Dirty Dozen" rip off, "Inglorious Bastards," was never going to win at the Oscars or even make it onto many people’s top ten WW2 movies list....
Thinking of going to see Quentin Tarantino’s "Inglorious Basterds" soon? You’ll need to brush up on your Second World War knowledge, Hollywood-style. Typically a bunch of mismatched guys, each...
Summer is the most popular time for weddings. Driving by a church on a Saturday afternoon will most often mean watching a bride and groom pose for pictures while families smile with what is in some...
The previous installment of the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "2001: A Space Odyssey." Betrayed by pirates and trapped between three Roman armies Spartacus has little choice but...
I was in a downtown Kyiv coffee shop the other day, quietly tapping away on my laptop, drinking tea and (not) minding my own business, when I overheard the same conversation you can hear almost...
HBO has pushed the envelope ever since it started airing programming. Many have embraced innovative shows such as "Six Feet Under," "OZ," "The Sopranos," "Big Love" and "True Blood." HBO's latest...
It’s time for an updated edition of Susan Faludi’s Backlash Witness the recent mass murder of women at a gym in Pennsylvania by a man obsessed with his inability to get women to sleep with him....
America's foremost food evangelist, Michael Pollan, has a new article in the New York Times Magazine, decrying the decline of cooking in America and the outsourcing of our meals to corporations. He...
When it was announced that Barack Obama had won the American election, many Blacks across the diaspora cried with jubilation. Seeing a Black man become leader of what is termed the free world gave...
