George Reisch

About George Reisch

George Reisch is the Series Editor for Open Court’s series Popular Culture and Philosophy. He also edited Pink Floyd and Philosophy (2007) and co-edited Monty Python and Philosophy (2006) and Radiohead and Philosophy (2009).

Features

Fountains of Pain

By George Reisch

Why does a band so gifted at crafting pleasing pop feel the need to lash out at losers and demand we chortle at half-baked stereotypes? [6 February 2007]

Columns

Nobel Prizes and Nobel Promises

By George Reisch

President Obama probably rattled and hummed in disbelief when he got his Nobel Prize. Ask Bono. [10 November 2009]

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Captain Obama and the Final Frontier

By George Reisch

Obama's four-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new kinds of political confusion; to boldly go where no rational health-care reformer has gone before. [15 September 2009]

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Where the Frak is All My Money?

By George Reisch

Battlestar Galactica is like Wall Street—it’s hard to tell Cylons from humans, especially when it comes to galaxy-size Ponzi schemes. [27 January 2009]

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Our Zombies, Our Selves

By George Reisch

Zombies, politicians, and consumers alike seek immediate gratification. But can they be happy? [27 October 2008]

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Cultural Meanings in America Make Benefit Glorious Bank Accounts of Creationists

By George Reisch

Is Ben Stein taking a page from Michael Moore? No, from Borat is more like it. [7 May 2008]

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