My last installment of Mondays with the Supremes. I sum up my thoughts on the Supreme Court. This feature will return on a more irregular basis, focusing on one book about the Supreme Court. Continue reading Mondays with the Supremes: Part IX: Cass Gilbert’s Steps
Karl Wolff begins 2013 reviewing Seth Kaufman’s novel “The King of Pain,” about a reality TV producer lodged beneath his giant home entertainment system, his predicament complicated by reading a short story collection about prisons written by someone named Seth Kaufman. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: The King of Pain, by Seth Kaufman
In this penultimate installment of Mondays with the Supremes, I cover the tenures of three Supreme Court justices who were on the Court for decades. Continue reading Mondays with the Supremes: Part VIII: Longrunners: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and William Rehnquist
Marx’s second volume of Capital proves to be a dry boring read, but worth to those who want to understand how capitalism works … or doesn’t. Continue reading Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 2 (1885) by Karl Marx, edited by Friedrich Engels
In this installment of Mondays with the Supremes, we look ideological purity, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Justice Clarence Thomas. Continue reading Mondays with the Supremes: Part VII: The Ideological Litmus Test
Today at CCLaP: In his last essay for On Being Human, Karl Wolff looks at ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth,’ Nicholas Roeg’s 1976 sci-fi art-house masterpiece. Continue reading On Being Human: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976, Nicholas Roeg)
A review of Deconstructing Organized Crime, a uncommonly readable academic text about the intersections of organized crime, terrorism, and globalization. Continue reading Reviews in Brief: Deconstructing Organized Crime: a historical and theoretical study, by Joseph L. Albini and Jeffrey Scott McIllwain
It’s day three of CCLaP’s “Year in Books 2012” report! Today, staff writer Karl Wolff takes a look at his favorite reads in 2012, broken down by specific category. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays Wednesday: The Year in Books 2012: Karl Wolff’s Picks
The Driftless Area Review 