In light of the renewed debate over the removal of Confederate statues and Baltimore’s recent decision to remove four of its Confederate monuments, a number of very specious arguments have appeared in opposition to the removal of these statues and monuments. Invariably, anybody with an opinion on this issue, especially…

In light of the gathering of white supremacists in Charlottesville that predictably turned into a display of right wing violence, thuggery and intimidation that left one counter-protester dead and many others injured, much of the commentariat on cable news and social media immediately insisted that Pres. …

The fall of football and the NFL may slowly be in motion, and its further decline may have just been witnessed in the pages of the New York Times. Specifically, I am talking about a study published yesterday in the Times analyzing the brains of 111 deceased NFL players. Most…

Netflix has done it again. Again, by releasing another original production that profoundly reflects our current social, cultural and political moment. This time it is the original film Okja, directed by Boon Joon-ho. It tells the tale of the agricultural multinational Mirando Corporation (a wink and a nod reference to…

Recently, I was doing some very basic research (more like reading a Wikipedia article) on World War I. The interest of arose after I recently saw Wonder Woman, where World War I features prominently. The film’s intersection with the Great War, in addition to numerous recent events, well encapsulates why…

Credit: Alex Nabaum Once again, there is yet another postmortem piece in a mainstream publication bemoaning what went wrong for the Democratic Party in 2016 and how it should go about rebuilding itself. The latest in this series of takes came yet again in the New York Times in an…

I believe Derrick Rose is one of the most tragic figures in American sports history. The moment the Chicago Bulls won the draft lottery in 2008 with less than a 1 percent chance of winning the top pick, the universe began to align. Obviously, without hesitation, they drafted the Chicago…

After almost one year of endless rumors and speculation, it’s official: the Bulls have traded Jimmy Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Kris Dunn, Zach Lavine, and the seventh pick in yesterday’s draft. This is finally the signal Bulls fans have expected that the team has committed to…