One Big Happy Family: a review
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...
Category: Books
Quiverfull: an interview with Kathryn Joyce
Over the past several years, journalist and author Kathryn Joyce has been covering right-wing Christian pro-fertility sects in the US. Now she compiles her findings in her new book, Quiverfull:...
Not the Enemy: an interview and review
Writer Rachel Shabi was born in Israel to Jewish-Iraqi parents. She grew up in the United Kingdom. Before moving back to Israel, she reported on social issues for The Guardian. She is currently based...
The Damned, To the South
The previous installment of young Chloe Bradshaw's saga can be found here. Some months have now passed. Many a human has been transformed into a Demon. We find willing humans, turn them, teach them...
“Invisible Hands”: an interview and review
Kim Phillips-Fein is an assistant professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. She specializes in the history of the conservative movement in the second-half of...
Generation Dubai: an interview & review
Bijan Khezri is a corporate financier. He is a German citizen presently living in New York and London, having received his education in Switzerland. He is the Chairman of BK Capital Group and author...
America’s failures in the Middle East: an interview with Patrick Tyler
Patrick Tyler is the Chief Correspondent for the New York Times. He was staioned in Cairo as Washington Post Middle East Bureau Chief. During the 1990s, before the start of the First Gulf War, he was...
The Long and the Short of It: John Kay interview and review
John Kay is a leading British economist and columnist for the Financial Times. His latest book is entitled The Long and the Short of it: A Guide to Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent...
The Damned, The Only Plan Left
The previous installment of young Chloe Bradshaw's saga can be found here. “You have come to this new world in a time of war” I tell my new Demon recruit. “War, what do you mean? There is no...
“Forecast” by Stephan Faris: an interview and review
Stephan Faris is the author of Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley, a new book that takes a look at the way that climate change is...