John Carpenter’s Prophetic Visions of the American Police State
John Carpenter’s films, known primarily for their horror themes, inevitably feature pulse-pounding soundtracks, slow-moving camera work and hair-raising jolts to…
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Music Lessons and Other Poems
Rebecca Beauchamp is a fan of Rilke, cats in cowboy outfits, and top-40 radio hits. Influences include Dickinson, Baudelaire, and…
Who Will Protect You from the Police? The Rise of Government-Sanctioned Home Invasions
It’s 3 a.m. You’ve been asleep for hours when suddenly you hear a loud “Crash! Bang! Boom!” Based on the…
Not Another Apocalypse Biopsy
Pollen decays, it's what it's meant to do we thought the mortar within Solomon's Gate inseparable Destructive tendencies followed a…
Can War Be Ended? Talking Points for the Present Generation
Each generation has to come to its own understanding about war and the tragic loss of life which accompanies it.…
Beyond The Spielberg Dream (My Love of Science-Fiction)
We never see when this world ends. We just dream about it. We dream of invasion, extinction, and oblivion. We…
Red Light Cameras, Drones and Surveillance: Fleecing the Taxpayer in the Age of Petty Tyrannies
We labor today under the weight of countless tyrannies, large and small, carried out in the name of the national…
Teen Angst and American Motivation
"Hard to see why you’d want to chose a long distance relationship with someone you sit next to in class..."…
The Absolute Nothing of Binge-watching: A Symptom of an Ascetic Ideal
To fully understand the phenomenon of binge-watching, it would be best to take a look at where we are today:…
Let It Be: A Review
Make no mistake about it. Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles, which just ended its…