american exceptionalism

Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ Reveals the Other Kind of American Exceptionalism

Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ Reveals the Other Kind of American Exceptionalism

Comparing the American race-based class system to that of India and Nazi Germany, Isabel Wilkerson makes us see a familiar evil in a different light with Caste.

Is Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15.17 to Paris’ a Rare Experimental Hollywood Film?

Is Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15.17 to Paris’ a Rare Experimental Hollywood Film?

Despite its conservative attitudes, The 15.17 to Paris is as radical in its way as Eastwood's more progressive films.

The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell