Power Inc.
David Rothkopf's Power Inc. is an outstanding primer on the evolution of the relationship between states and corporations. Starting in 13th century Sweden with the foundation of a state mining…
Finding Comfort in Famous Authors’ Bad Reviews
For your early afternoon amusement...negative reviews of Joseph Conrad. A sample: An Outcast of the Islands is a disagreeable story of reckless men, disgusting women, and repulsive scenes. As a study of character,…
Movies of the Weekend
Seen this weekend: Panic (2000): William H. Macy plays a hit man whose visit to a psychologist puts him in direct conflict with his capo father, played by Donald Sutherland.…
Poison Pen Letters
Through a former classmate, I came upon Michelle Hoover's take on the controversy surrounding William Giraldi's nasty review of Alix Ohlin's books, which fits into a larger conversation about whether…
Should Podcasts Be Reviewed?
“You shouldn’t review podcasts because no one gets paid for them.” So say the embittered subjects of an Onion AV Club Podmass review, employing an argument that gets credit for…