Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
-
On right turns
January 26, 2015Have you ever wondered how it came about that in most places a right turn on a red light is now the law of the land? Here's how it happened.
Read more -
To honor of King they marched for lives in Los Angeles
January 20, 2015Over 3000 marchers and tens of thousands of observers lined up along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in solidarity with the theme Black Lives Matter.
Read more -
Kaiser Permanente mental health workers go on strike in California
January 13, 2015Union demonstrators picket in front of 35 Kaiser Permanente locations throughout the state on behalf of some 2,600 mental health clinicians.
Read more -
“The Imitation Game”: Binary consciousness at many levels
January 6, 2015The enthralling story of an inspired, harassed and troubled genius, British mathematician Alan Turing and his conquest of the "unbreakable" Nazi "Enigma" code.
Read more -
The present and future of Jerusalem: a peace activist’s view
December 19, 2014Since the war between Israel and the surrounding Arab states, the mantra for many Israeli politicians has been "Jerusalem, the united and undivided eternal capital of Israel."
Read more -
“With liberty and justice for all someday”
December 5, 2014I don't know about you, but over the last few years I've become more aware of patriotic expression in our public life.
Read more -
Revolutionary Soviet ballet premieres in the U.S.
December 3, 2014It took a full 82 years, but a revolutionary Soviet-era ballet that was purported to be Joseph Stalin's favorite has finally come to American shores.
Read more -
“The Chesapeake Bay Retriever”: A shaggy dog mystery story
December 1, 2014Blitzstein was a fine writer and critic, whose articles appeared several times in communist publications in the 30s and 40s when he was a Party member.
Read more