Kyiv's Gogolfest has both grown and remained distinctly itself - not the easiest feat to pull off. Combining theater, music, visual art and workshops, the festival is the brainchild of Vlad Troitsky,...
Since Michael Steele became the chair of the RNC, he has attempted to change the image of the Republican Party in the Black community. We have heard much about "hip hop conservatism" in his bid to...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. Fighting in built-up areas, street fighting, urban combat, call it what you will, is the real horror of modern...
My grandmother, who's from Pittsburgh, was very afraid that I'd turn out not American enough, so she taught me the Pledge of Allegiance and the "Star-Spangled Banner," asking me to recite them every...
Though the models of Playboy are often depicted as cartoonish and over-the-top, the magazine is now taking this one step further: Marge Simpson is posing for the magazine. On Friday, newsstands in...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. Klaus Kinski is alive and well, and living under Nicholas Cage’s skin. In "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New...
Most of the season so far has focused on the events at camp Foa Foa. It has been hard to compete with Russell’s evil plotting and Ben’s obvious racism when it comes to what the people want to...
Since the Holocaust, we have paid increasing attention to genocide worldwide. Yet it is wrong to suggest that this form of violence has only constituted a meaningful part of human life following the...
Please note that more of David King's poetry on GlobalComment can be found here. - The Management. Hell begins at six and has six lanes Damp black asphalt, slashed by hard white lines, And crawled by...
Since 1901, The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to those that have gone to great lengths to make significant contributions to our world. Some of the notables include Jimmy Carter Jr, Nelson...
