Review: The Master
“Is God dead?” For some atheists he never lived, but our film idols did. And when the director you worship dies how do you begin to replace him? Like religion there’s a good deal of choice on...
Category: Politics
You May Ask Yourself, How Did I Get Here? Being Underemployed Leaves Time for Organizing
The New York Times recently published two of the year’s most important stories. For those who were too distracted by Hurricane Sandy or election activities to read them, allow me to sum up: The...
FEMA Is Already Being Privatized and Other Under-Reported Facts About Hurricane Sandy
If you live in the United States, you almost certainly know that a big hurricane-turned-post- tropical-cyclone called Sandy hit the East Coast earlier this week. Unprecedented in size and scope, the...
Review: Discordia
Discordia, by Laurie Penny and Molly Crabapple, Vintage 2012. With Greece collapsing in agonisingly slow motion over the past few years, it was inevitable that a slew of books would come along to...
Scandal, the soapy West Wing
Shonda Rhimes’ Scandal on ABC is off to a roaring start with its second season, picking up where the first left off with the unmasking of Quinn’s true identity and subsequent legal troubles. The...
Mitt Romney’s Marriage Plan To Fix Everything
Mitt Romney's statement at the October 16th Presidential debate, in which he said that he would decrease gun violence in America by telling more people to get married before they have babies, have...
Beirut, Habibti: When Foreign Policy Gets Personal
On Friday something terrible happened in Lebanon—a car bomb exploded in Beirut’s Achrafieh neighborhood killing eight people, and injuring more than one hundred others. Soon, it became clear that...
Review: Parks and Recreation Season 5
Parks and Recreation is back for a fifth season on NBC, and the half-hour comedy came out swinging with a snapping premiere episode featuring cameos by Barbara Boxer, John McCain, and Olympia Snowe....
The Foreign Policy Context Neither POTUS Candidate Addressed – And Won’t Cover in the October 22 Debate Either
Last night, US presidential candidates President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney took the stage in a town hall style debate in which self-described “undecided voters”...
“We Cannot Be Afraid:” Livestock farmer and writer Shannon Hayes on making the most of meat
by Mariya Strauss Homesteaders, aspiring homesteaders, and mildly alternative-minded folks love Shannon Hayes. Her encouraging, prodding farmer’s voice has become a companion for those seeking an...