The Martyred Punk Opera
Green Day has released its eighth album, a so-called punk rock opera entitled American Idiot. American Idiot sounds like, and almost certainly is, the soundtrack to a movie that is yet to be filmed.
George Junior – The Blog
Let’s face it, kiddies: speculation over the potential John Kerry-Johnny Edwards relationship is so last month. We get it, we get it; they like to hug.
Beyond Bush and Kerry
The three presidential debates have come and gone.
“So I got this Adult Store…” and Other Stories from the Campaign Trail
Political campaigns are at once noble and naïve. On one level they are not akin to anything so much as a revolution, albeit one that requires only a temporary commitment.
Extra-Party Candidates
As the election rapidly approaches, and students and citizens alike declare their political agendas, one might notice that the campaign is really starting to drag along.
Hope, Hip Hop and Hosing Harvard
Prof Cornel West discusses his three piece suits, his escape from Harvard over his hip hop debut, and the general state of American youth and racial politics.
Fetal Militia
Following the recent defeat of a ban on gay marriage, Senate Republicans are now looking for other ways to bolster their domestic agenda. In today’s press conference at the Capitol, Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Wayne Allard (R-CO) presented their new bill, “The Defense of Pre-Natal Arms Act.”
Such Splendid Intimate Rumors
In an intellectual living room, you dress in deep reds and creams, never lack alcohol, and are privy to wealth, mystery, gossip, wit, pretension, and Rumors, lots and lots of Rumors.
Ajax and Odysseus
In the wake of that mighty capsizing, I refer to President Bush’s performance at the first presidential debate, a certain television commentator remarked that Kerry had altogether seemed more “presidential” in his estimate during the interval of the debate.
The Lonely Conservative
Evan Baehr feels oppressed. This alleged marginalization has nothing to do with race; he’s white.
