Analysis
Quibbling with Quibi: Considerations on the new platform of ‘quick bite’ entertainment
May 19, 2020Quibi, which stands for Quick Bites—bursts of entertainment, none more than 10 minutes and most less, designed for mobile phone use on the go—launched in the U.S. in early April in the midst of the quarantine.
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Can coronavirus teach us the value of a democratic economy?
March 18, 2020What can we learn from what is going on, if we are paying attention?
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On the global television beat: Robin Hood in the neoliberal age
March 11, 2020The last studio big-budget Robin with Russell Crowe had Robin himself as a baron who saves England and guarantees it for the other barons.
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Trump Cop: Law and order are on his terms now
February 21, 2020The fall of the Roman Republic is a cautionary tale for those clinging desperately to the hopes that this American Republic’s democratic experiment will outlast.
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Iowa voters weigh many factors as they decide who to support
January 24, 2020Voters grasp the enormous stakes in November and their weighty responsibility in the nation’s first primary contest in the Iowa Caucus on Feb. 3.
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