The following review contains spoilers. Of course, if you are familiar with Nikolai Gogol, you probably know how the film ends. If you are not familiar with Nikolai Gogol, you should be. When I...
O let me count the reasons! Modern Iran is in a geo-political and historical pickle, but still one of the first initiatives taken by the Obama administration was to send the Iranian Muslim Council...
Rahman Malik, the Prime Minister's Advisor on the Interior, calls on the nation of Pakistan to party like it's 1965. Which is to say - unite, be nationalistic, perceive an external threat to the...
“Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented” was how former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Charles J Haughey described the discovery of a murderer hiding in the Attorney General's apartment...
In his press conference Tuesday night, Barack Obama took pains to emphasize that comprehensive solutions were needed to the economic crisis, and that working families were suffering and needed help...
Zombie banks, voodoo economics—these are just some of the horror-movie terms being tossed around right now that lend an even spookier air to discussion of the economic crisis. But there's a scarier...
There are no words to describe the feeling of adrenaline spiking through my system right now. There are no words to describe the feeling of being pushed by a police officer, someone who is paid with...
Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, of Likud, is on the verge of forging a government after five weeks or so of haggling. The announcement of a right-wing government will come soon, unless Bibi manages to...
We live in a world of social constructions. Even before our bodies physically enter the world they are framed. Much of our life is spent performing the different roles that have been thrust upon us....
Populist anger has reached a boiling point in the US with the announcement that American International Group, one of the first companies to get a bailout from the government, paid $220 million in...
