In Praise of Folly

A popular trope that developed around the time of the Obama election in 2008 was the notion of a “post-racial” society ( Who's Afraid o...

This title sounds like an ideal Abbott and Costello remake for the present age , but what I’m referring to are the softballs that the Sunda...

The right has been seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act ever since its passage in early 2010. As the most significant regulatory ove...

After a week that was shaping up as the best in years, Arsenal were brought back to earth by a highly-motivated United side that chased eve...

Salon writer David Sirota wrote an interesting article last week about a concept he calls liberal-washing, “about wrapping corporate Ameri...

Two weeks after a disappointing 2-1 loss to Dortmund at the Emirates, Arsenal pulled off something no team in Europe ever has in the Champi...

It appears Chris Christie will soon be announcing his bid for Republican  Presidential nomination, after the expected landslide victory in ...

This month I will explore the attacks on higher education in the blog (see the Chronicle article “College at Risk”), arguing it is part of...

Arsenal restored order at the Emirates with a huge 2-0 win over second place Liverpool, overcoming two setbacks in a seven day period less ...

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...