By Sep 11,2006

An inconvenient enemy of the people

The opening shot in a much anticipated Presidential contest might just have been fired in the strangest of places: Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company. The company is currently running a production...

By Sep 11,2006

Dear maniacal rubes

Religious faith holds a certain honor in American society. Institutions deemed religious are exempt from taxation. Discrimination based on religious affiliation is prohibited. Long held statutes do not oblige priests...

By Sep 04,2006

The age of classic TV

The elevated, novelistic trend we're currently seeing in television -- and first seen in shows like Homicide -- combined with the increasing popularity of DVD box sets, suggests that television...

By Aug 27,2006

Albion’s wayward children

Our "special relationship" with England goes deeper than simply speaking the same language, the great political virtues, moral habits and social customs which made America great are rooted in Englishness.

By Aug 27,2006

Irish lullabies

How folk Irish ditties instill a healthy distrust of authority and government power in the old and the young.

By Aug 20,2006

News Radio Toyota

Tomorrow’s Technology Today reports are “brought to you by Toyota” — but so is the news itself. A good half of the Boston radio station WBZ’s technology news segments are...