CBS’ Elementary has been saddled with the difficulty of distinguishing itself from the beloved BBC Sherlock, and, in a sense, justifying its existence. Sherlock fans were incensed when the rival...
Conspiracy theories have always been part of society. When an explanation for something can be made as convoluted as feasibly possible—and when people convince themselves that some sort of coverup...
“What is the purpose of your stay in Israel?” For outsiders, the Israeli occupation of Palestine starts at Ben Gurion Airport. If you are Israeli, welcome home. Go through customs, get your...
Danielle Nierenberg, co-founder of Food Tank, has more street credibility than your average environmental activist. She recently spent two full years on the road, visiting and examining sustainable...
While the United States is fawning over Downton Abbey (how about that shocker in Sunday’s episode, eh?), UK viewers are enjoying the return of Call the Midwife, which just started its second series...
We know the images--the screams, that desperate radio chatter on September 11th 2001, those blazing towers might well have been upended battleships from Pearl Harbour. It was a call to war that...
America 1858. “Gentleman, you had my curiosity. But now you have my attention.” Leonardo DiCaprio’s Calvin Candie, Francophile, plantation owner and slave trader addresses Django and Dr King...
ABC’s Scandal and Revenge have been doing quite well for the US network, so it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that its rivals are trying to edge into the market. Both shows seem to...
Slavoj Žižek, Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism (New York: Verso, 2012). by Adam Kotsko First, the good the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek has finally written...
In the wake of a horrific series of mass shootings in the United States in 2012, a robust debate has begun about the public policy changes clearly needed to prevent such tragedies; though the debate...
