The previous installment of the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "Barry Lyndon." "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." Kirk Douglas’ Colonel Dax recites Samuel...
Since Tommy Douglas fought valiantly for the right of universal health care, Canadians have been blessed to know that in times of illness our medical needs would be covered by the state. Universal...
“Shocks the conscience.” That's the test that Steven G. Bradbury, acting head of the Office of Legal Counsel in Bush's Justice department used to decide whether or not an “enhanced...
This is a review of Wetlands by Charlotte Roche, with translator Tim Mohr (Fourth Estate Ltd., 2009). Please note that in keeping with the subject matter, this review contains graphic language. If...
"The Damned, To the South" is the previous installment of Chloe Bradshaw's saga. I remember Antarctica as a desolate place, and also the most beautiful. The sun shines down upon the five of us as we...
How do you know when you’ve made it these days? When you show up on Oprah, of course. On April 9th of this year, masturbation had its big coming out party and became the subject du jour as part of...
Three months ago, an authoritative Russian daily, Izvestia, began a series on an issue that, at first glance, looks like tabloid fodder. Of course, Izvestia is no tabloid, and this is no ordinary...
After working on Mahler and Beethoven, Gustavo Dudamel and his Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela are exploring Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and Francseca da Rimini. "Tchaikovsky: Symphony...
Douglas Rushkoff, in a keynote speech at the Web 2.0 conference, boldly declared that the Internet caused the economic crisis. I wouldn't go as far as Rushkoff goes—it's fairly clear to me that...
We once considered families to consist of a mother, father and their offspring. With the rising tide of divorce, single motherhood, gay adoption, feminism, and polyamorism, what we understand as...
