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.
Jillian Steinhauer
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.
Reach The Skies!
August 30, 2011
Digital designer Mike Bodge’s new Web project, N SKY C, allows users to get up close and personal with the colors of the sky.
Rec Room: Errol Morris’s Tabloid
July 18, 2011
| Per usual, Morris plays up the humor in an already absurd story…only the end result here is a little disappointing. |