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 WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 49,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 11 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report. Continue reading 2012 in review
This week for my penultimate entry in the On Being Human series I examine “Nekropolis” by Maureen McHugh, a novel about an artificial being called a harni and Hariba, a woman who has been “jessed” into subservience. Continue reading On Being Human: Nekropolis, by Maureen McHugh
In this installment of the Critic’s Notebook, Karl Wolff looks at the intersections between social media and new technology on sites like Riffle, LibraryThing, and Facebook. Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: Riffle, LibraryThing, and Connectivity
This week I review Mary Kennedy Eastham’s short story collection, “Squinting Over Water,” where characters have to come to terms with loss. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Squinting Over Water: Stories, by Mary Kennedy Eastham
The Driftless Area Review 