Culture and Society

Tom Cruise continues his tear through the media machine, promoting his new film War of the Worlds, which opens nationwide tomorrow. When we last spoke of such things he sparred with The Today Show’s Matt Lauer on matters of religion and psychopharmacology, calling psychiatry a “pseudo-science.” He also blathered on …

...the study of genetics and D.N.A. results in answers being postulated to questions of racial characteristics that are making people uncomfortable.

If you ever wanted to own your own island, now is the time. For a relative bargain at £150,000 or around $275,000, you can own Stack Rock Fort, which is situated off the coast of Milford Haven. It has it’s own cannons! We’ve all had fantasies and playfights on our …

Simultaneously available in limited release in theaters and on DVD, The God Who Wasn’t There is Brian Flemming’s attempt to prove that Christianity is predicated on a man/god who never existed. It is a thought-provoking and highly visual exercise. Ultimately, though, it falls short of its goal. Flemming is a …

What if Jesus had a crass best friend?

I read over at MSN recently of Tamim Ansary’s (a columnist) list of the 10 greatest inventions. His number one is the mechanical clock. And kudos for that. Not many people realize how important and ingenious time is to both nature and civilization as we know it. I don’t think …

We at Blogcritics are deeply honored, and I am personally touched, to have been selected among the inaugural AlwaysOn and Technorati “Open Media 100 – the power list of bloggers, social networkers, tool smiths, and investors leading the Open Media Revolution.” I mean this is a serious, serious list of …

In the regular course of a day we see, hear, taste, and experience countless sensations that our brain’s processes.

Pain is like interest owed to a loan shark. It compounds on a daily level.

At first I had no idea what “addy” and “prolly” meant