Christopher Hitchens Is Dead.

Christopher Hitchens, writing for Vanity Fair, subjected himself to a yearlong makeover testing the limits of the “micro-economy based on the pursuit of betterment” starting in 2007. A teeth clean, facial mask, hair and nails, exercise and even a Brazilian wax were all part of…

Fear of Coding

Why every new journalist should learn how to code, no matter how hard

Long, Long, Long

What is an Underrated Masterpiece?

Old Boy and the American Remake 

Let me start by saying Spike Lee’s “Oldboy” is great. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, even as a fan…

The Pope and The Parable of the Prodigal Son

Has the Pope saved the wretches of the Church?

Here is the new Pope, Francis, wearing his black shoes. The one who is carted around in a Ford rather than a Mercedes. The man who is changing the…

A Guilty Conscience

What George Zimmerman, O.J. Simpson, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Shakespeare have…

On Freedom

With Debt to David Graeber

In the chapter ”Honor and Degradation” of Debt, Graeber brings up a unique point in the discussion of human rights. He suggests to say that “we have rights” is also to say that “we own” our own rights. That our inalienable rights to…

We Were So Young

actresses, witches, mothers

Let’s Get Serious

Or Am I The Only One Who Cares? 

The Other Health Care Story

How 14 million dollars of debt was abolished.