Hannah Arendt’s Passionate Thinking

June 19, 2013

Margarethe von Trotta’s biopic yields an insight that’s fresher than “the banality of evil,” and just as true.

Best Political Art of 2011

December 28, 2011
The American soldiers honored in artist Jane Hammond’s Fallen installation are remembered as individuals instead of as a statistic.

In Defense of Youth Activism and the “Like” Button

October 23, 2011
Are young people not entitled to political opinions, or do opinions simply not count when they come from anyone under 30?

A Case of “Contagious Shooting”

October 3, 2011
How are tightening gun laws and reining in illegal firearms going to solve excessive gun use when uniformed men and women are still legally carrying lethal weapons out in the streets?

The Elements of F*cking Style

September 16, 2011
The “f*cking” in Chris Baker and Jacob Hansen’s The Elements of Style parody is a bit desperate, but any effort to get people to write better and to make grammar sexy seems worthwhile.