Culture
“Conduct of Saints”: conscience, crime, and Catholics in post-Nazi Rome
August 8, 2013Emanating from a small publishing house, this novel likely has no five- or six-figure advertising budget, and may escape notice. Make sure your local library gets it.
Read more“The Gatekeepers”: brutally frank and powerful
August 8, 2013If you have any interest at all in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "The Gatekeepers" is essential viewing.
Read more“World War Z” as World War Proletariat
August 7, 2013If you're tired of hearing about zombies...that's probably too bad. America's most popular monster shows no sign of shambling away quietly.
Read more“Wolverine” sequel is much sharper than the first
August 6, 2013The follow-up to the abysmal 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which royally ticked off fans and critics alike, The Wolverine fixed everything that was wrong with the eponymous character's story.
Read moreReza Aslan’s “Zealot” exposes Christianity’s revolutionary roots
August 5, 2013He leaves readers with a question which, curiously, he does not even attempt to answer.
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