Thursday, November 3 2011
Barbarians Against Barbarians: Henry Kissinger’s ‘On China’
The diplomat believes he’s a skillful player, he believes he’s in control; but the game is much bigger than he is, and defines what he can and cannot do.
Friday, October 21 2011
‘The Origins of Political Order’ Is Delightfully Bipartisan and Sure to Raise Eyebrows
The esteemed political scientist's latest book provides a thought-provoking look at the political history of past civilizations, and is sure to offer plenty of fodder for conversations about the present.
Wednesday, July 27 2011
‘The President is a Sick Man’: Delightfully Underhanded Stories of Deception and Manipulation
Matthew Algeo's engaging book takes an obscure piece of history and crafts it into an engrossing narrative.
Tuesday, June 28 2011
Politics of Control Revisited: What Has Changed?
That the U.S. Supreme Court has sided in favor of the game industry does little if anything for gaming as a subculture.
Sunday, June 12 2011
‘The Quotable Hitchens’ Gives Us the Best of Hitchens, Arranged in a Convenient Dictionary Format
Love him or hate him, Christopher Hitchens nearly always has something interesting to say. The Quotable Hitchens presents some of his pithiest remarks, arranged alphabetically by topic.
Thursday, May 19 2011
‘The World As It Is’ Creates Its Own Mythology
Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer prize winning former journalist for the New York Times, abandons journalistic decorum to sell books.
Wednesday, April 27 2011
‘Portal 2’ and the Politics of Stupidity
Which is the dictator worthy of fear, the fool or the genius?
Tuesday, April 26 2011
‘Revolutionary Deists’: Fanatics for a Reason
The story of deism proves that America has never been, in an absolute sense, a Christian nation.
Monday, April 25 2011
The Government Shutdown: Only on Television
President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid managed to negotiate a compromise with the Republicans just two hours before a shutdown would have occurred. President Obama didn't have it as easy as The West Wing's Jed Bartlet.
Tuesday, March 29 2011
Everyone Is Terrible: The Politics of Orzammar in ‘Dragon Age’
The decision of who will be king is probably one of the more complex quests that the Grey Warden undertakes, and here's why.
