
Carousel Country: Of Power Wars and Populism in Argentina
Power wars and populism in Argentina
May 19th, 2013
Power wars and populism in Argentina
May 19th, 2013
Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder"
May 12th, 2013

Awakening A Dreaming, Comfortable King
January 21st, 2013
On "Cash Out," "Last Kind Words," and "A Death in Mexico
November 26th, 2012
On 'The Bad Thing,' depression, and suicide
November 25th, 2012
The Singularity & late capitalism & technological despair — oh my!
September 12th, 2012
On the redemptive prose of Italian novelist and playwright Luigi Pirandello
August 18th, 2012
On Naguib Mahfouz's 'Karnak Café'
August 15th, 2012


I heard a student exclaim, "This isn’t a protest or demonstration — it’s a process."
November 13th, 2011
The live stream’s redirection of our attention from single zap action to ongoing occupation parallels precisely the evolution of tactics represented
October 21st, 2011

The second installment of Glass’s history of Barney Rosset’s legendary publishing empire.
September 30th, 2011
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"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More


"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More