For Harry, Meghan Is the New Real Spare
Harry’s magical, misery tour Disabuse yourself of the notion that Meghan Markle was the reason Prince Harry fled royal life...
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A Look Back at the History of Illegal Abortion
Before the landmark 1973 US Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade that protected a woman’s right to choose to...
How to Upgrade Your Brain
“How do I upgrade my brain?” In an ever more inhuman world, ever more humans seek answers to that question....
The Nibelungenlied and the German Far Right
The German far right is awash with allusion. Like elsewhere, coded communication is the rule among far-right German organizations and...
What’s Going On, 50 Years On
What is it about some great artists that makes them want to be someone else? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the...
Breaking Down Borders With Dreams
British rapper and spoken-word artist Potent Whisper is known for his socially conscious rhyming guides that have broken down the...
The Radical Right’s Fictions of a Better World
Science fiction has a long history of progressive politics. Probably the best-known example is the Star Trek franchise that started...
Are We Living in a Curiosity Economy?
In 1954, when television sets were just becoming widespread in American homes, Alfred Hitchcock made “Rear Window.” The film portrays...
Fantasy and Reality in “The Plot Against America”
Phillip Roth’s 2004 novel, “The Plot Against America,” has been made into a six-part TV series and shown recently on...
Should We Worry About the Written Word in the Age of Twitter?
If Donald Trump had anything in common with a poet, it would be Homer. Homer was a pre-literate poet from...
