I watched Obama's acceptance speech last night on television, and it was a very effective speech. The links between the Reverend Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech and Obama's
In honor of that convention that is in the process of strangling itself with its own success, I want to say a few words about the comics and their influence on modern art and literature. I am not
All right, so I'm a geek. Or perhaps a recovering geek. I grew up on a steady diet of promises of cheap and ubiquitous space travel that never quite came true. So when Sir Richard Branson and
Newspapers across the country are cutting their book review sections. It's only a matter of time before they disappear entirely. That, combined with the closing of long-established, respected i
This article reminds me of the story of Karl May, the German adventure-story writer from the late nineteenth century. He wrote stirring adventures set in the American West, Mexico, and the Orient
Excellent article. Under the "Ticced Off" bullet, I would suggest that occasionally it may be a good thing to throw in some affectations, depending on your audience. If you're reading