The Brutal Grace of Flannery O’Connor
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the death of Southern writer, Flannery O’Connor. Below is a recording of her reading her short story, A Good Man Is Hard To Find. “I am tired of reading reviews that More...
Obama: Fundraiser-in-Chief
As Russian shells rain down on Eastern Ukraine and a new Intifada brews in the Middle East, President Obama is engaged in his favorite pastimes; fundraising and playing golf. And while ISIS overruns much of Iraq More...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – 1968
Ever wonder why Jimi Hendrix is still considered the greatest rock guitarist ever? Newly unearthed footage of The Jimi Hendrix Experience performing “Foxey Lady” at the 1968 Miami Pop Festival should More...
Soviet Spring
In a rare display of Russian nationalism and Communist nostalgia, the Kremlin yesterday staged its first May Day Celebration in Red Square since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. With red flags waving, More...
The Plight of European Jews
In the wake of the recent shootings of innocent Jewish schoolchildren by a Muslim gunman in the French city of Toulouse, Der Spiegel is reporting that a record number of French Jews are emigrating to Israel. An More...
Mozilla: The Scarlet Letter of Silicon Valley
It should be clear from the recent resignation of Mozilla co-founder, Brendan Eich, that the debate over same-sex marriage will not not end at the altar, but will proceed to the boardroom and beyond. After being More...
Mad Men: Truth in Advertising
Watching the first season of Mad Men was like flipping through a dozen John Cheever short stories: three martini lunches, chasing the secretary around the desk and then home to the wife and kids in the suburbs. More...
French Socialists Defeated
The French Socialist Party took heavy losses in local elections yesterday with national implications for its leader, President Francois Hollande. Only two years into his much ballyhooed presidency, Hollande’s More...
Academia’s Gated Community
Long have the charges of insularity and liberal bias been lodged at academia only to be swatted away with the retort; “Where’s the proof?” Partial evidence can be found in A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting More...
Groupies: A Love Story
“Do you have the clap?” This charming pickup line is slurred by English musician, Luther Grovesnor, to an overeager groupie named Lixie in the notorious 1970 documentary, Groupies. “Yes,” she admits over More...
