In Praise of Folly

Advertisers use a diverse range of strategies to get deep within consumer’s unconscious – trying to create and then satisfy constructed des...

The infamously secretive British street artist Banksy is spending the month of October doing a "residency" in the streets of New Y...

Continuing with the theme from yesterday, let's talk about the American version of football for a moment. I have been a Dallas Cowboys ...

First for the good news. In a sloppy game on the road at Crystal Palace, Arsenal did what title contenders must do: win games ugly when the...

It was always bound to happen. Since the opening day loss to Aston Villa, Arsenal has been unbeaten in all competitions, with only one draw...

The third season of a TV show can be a perilous moment in its attempt to stay relevant and hit the all-important 100 episode threshold, whi...

For the first time in a long time, I decided to watch the morning political talk shows – flipping between Face the Nation, Meet the Press a...

For spells of the game at the Emirates today, Arsenal looked very average. But surrounding those spells was some truly sublime football tha...

Yesterday I discussed the GOP tendency to use Orwellian newspeak techniques to mask their radical right wing, corporate agenda. Today I wan...

I’ve noticed in recent months an increasing number of conservative voices animating the political “dialogue” on CNN. This is actually not a...

One question that often animates contemporary political debates is how the South and large swaths of Middle America became such willing adv...

For the last 30 years or so, I’ve often wondered if a time would come when people finally grow weary of the small government, hate mongerin...

A recent article in Salon , “Exposed: Enron billionaire’s diabolical plot to loot worker’s pensions,” highlights a report  from the Pew Cha...

Early in the game at West Brom, it looked like Arsenal would dominate the proceedings, passing the ball around and pushing forward at will....

From the epic World War Z (and I mean epically bad) to the comedic Shawn of the Dead and The World’s End (kind of) to the romantic Warm Bo...

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! This was the best game Arsenal has played in some time, a display of excellent possession football, creati...

I’ve been meaning to watch Ruby Sparks for some time now. It was languishing in my Netflix cue for a year or so when it finally arrived in ...

When Arsenal lost to Aston Villa in the opening fixture of the new season, few could have foretold what would follow. Not only have they no...

Maybe it’s because I’m from New Jersey and have grown weary of the stereotypical Jersey boys and girls sold to America in mobster TV and mo...