Bloodlust: On the Roots of Violence
If there were an “X” Prize for solving the problem of human violence, Russell Jacoby‘s Bloodlust: On the Roots of …
Category Archives: Art & Culture
WW I As Recorded by those Who Were There
The British National Archives has announced that in this 100th year anniversary of the beginning of WW I, (August), that …
Blue is the Longest Color
Abdellatif Kechiche, director of the fine 2007 film Secret of the Grain, about working class immigrants in the French fishing …
Donald Rumsfeld: Still in Denial
Mark Danner reviews two books and a documentary film about Donald Rumsfeld in the January 9 edition of the New …
Nick Turse with POW Phil Butler in Berkeley
Review of Kill Anything That Moves, here.
Gandhi as Community Organizer
A new two volume biography of Mohandas Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha looks to be a good addition. Reviewed in The …
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk — Bravo Squad Brought Home
Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2012) is one hell of a good book –in conception, language, characters and …
The Dentist as Observer – in Egypt
Alaa al Aswany, author of the remarkable novel, “The Yacoubian Building,” from which a very good 2006 film was made, …
Walter Mitty, Super Hero
Arghh! I am one of those apparently odd people who think that if an idea is developed for one medium …
The Timid Marine — a WW II Memoir
Joseph Lanciotti was a fifteen year old, setting pins in the local bowling alley of Lodi, New Jersey on Sunday, …
Wolf of Wall Street — Glorifying Psychopaths
In an open letter to Martin Scorsese and Leonard DiCaprio the daughter of the man DiCaprio plays in the film …
Tsunami Chant — A Poem by Wang Ping
Tsunami Chant By Wang Ping I’m not a singer, but please let me sing of the peacemakers on the streets …