Analysis
What’s good about Obamacare?
August 14, 2012"...Americans saw health care reform as an urgent priority. All we hear from Republicans is how bad this is. No one has come up with a better alternative."
Read moreProgressive cinema: Occupy stars in Traverse City
August 13, 2012The Occupy Wall Street movement was one of the main themes at Michigan's Traverse City Film Festival this year.
Read moreWhich way forward for the Olympics?
August 13, 2012In 2016, Brazil, with its left-center government, will hopefully lessen corporate influence and increase the public's involvement.
Read moreMovie audience laughs and cringes at “Killer Joe”
August 6, 2012Our matinee audience, nearly a full house, laughed all the way through "Killer Joe," but it was nervous laughter.
Read moreNew “Spider-Man” spins a predictable web
July 31, 2012For the most part, this new film is how Spider-Man should have been done in the first place. The film is energized and emotive. On the other hand, it's also far from groundbreaking.
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