What’s Spookier Than Saint-Saëns’s ‘Danse Macabre’?

Classical Music Hour with Fran

The Night it Happened

#notokay #whyididnttell

This Election is Positively Delightful Compared to 1828

Last week I wrote a piece about how the…

Stakes is High

Bear with me. At the end of “And It’s Surely to Their Credit,” the fifth episode of the second season of The West Wing, there’s a scene that sums up a lot of the show’s strong, formative appeal to the current generation of political people and the wonk class. A spunky, smart Republican named Ainsley…

Where Am I Now?

The star of Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire on growing up a child actress

Afew years ago, I found a video of myself on YouTube. It’s from what I like to call my “sordid past” as a child actor. Like many moments in my childhood, I have…

Beyond the Spectacle of the Dakota Access Protest, Native Americans Find Hope in Their Common Mission

Earlier this year, ICN reporter Phil McKenna traveled to North Dakota to cover the ongoing Dakota Access pipeline protest. This is a behind-the-scenes look…

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

On brutalism, artistic prostitution and the birth of industrial music

How to Hurt Like a Man

On growing up Muslim in America, worshipping an indistinct ideal of manhood.

I’m Interested In You. That Doesn’t Mean I’m Trying To Have Sex With You.

“I’ve been a part of this…

One Year Ago, Today

On October 19, 2015, I was in a car accident.