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Music Review: B.T. Express – ‘Keep It Up’
The '70s ensemble known for "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" continued into the '80s with a disco-funk hybrid.
Read More »Hobbes and Locke Revisited: The Foundations of the Modern Liberal State, Part IV
Locke was a modern man in a manner of speaking. His cardinal mistake was to assume that macro events guaranteed likewise results in the realm of the individual.
Read More »TV Review: American Masters: Cab Calloway: Sketches
Cab Calloway - his life and times
Read More »Book Review: 2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens by Alma Alexander
Life changes at the end of the world.
Read More »Book Review: The Commandant: An Account by the First Commanding Officer of Auschwitz by Rudolf Hoess, ed. by Jürg Amann
Condensing the autobiography of the commander of Auschwitz into a 16-page "monologue" doesn't make the horror any less.
Read More »Book Review: Poor Richard’s Lament: A Most Timely Tale by Tom Fitzgerald
Poor Richard's Lament: A Most Timely Tale is a tale of Benjamin Franklin and a morality tale for our times.
Read More »Music Review: The Kinks – The Kink Kontroversy
The Kinks begin to leave their youth behind.
Read More »Book Review: MM9 by Hiroshi Yamamoto, Translated by Nathan Collins
A pulpish s-f valentine to monsters that challenge the world.
Read More »Knick Knacks: Jeremy Lin’s Race To The Top
Wouldn't it be nice to one day have the conversation be about how great a ballplayer Jeremy Lin is and not how he is a great Asian-American ballplayer?
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