Culture
Maine’s governor assaults the dignity of working people
March 25, 2011Having been raised in Maine, son of a lineman and a mother and stepmother who were state workers, I am infuriated that the Republican governor there has ordered the removal of mural that depicts the role...
Read more“Potemkin”: The greatest film of all time.
March 23, 2011The revolution is coming soon, to a theater near you.
Read moreKorean film explores employee and employer relationship
March 21, 2011The essential relationship between employee and employer is explored in this outstanding allegory/soap opera.
Read more“Broken Glass”: What it means to be a Jew in America
March 14, 2011Arthur Miller is our very own American Shakespeare. Broken Glass is one of Miller's lesser-known works - it ran only 73 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1994, although it was Tony-nominated - and is...
Read more“Islam radicals” hearing recalls Hollywood witchhunt
March 11, 2011Peter King's congressional inquisition of the purported "radicalization" of U.S. Muslims is taking place the same month as the 60th anniversary of another all-American witch hunt.
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