Theater Review Works discussed in this essay: Deep Trance Behavior in Potatoland. Written, directed, and designed by Richard Foreman. The opening night of a Richard Foreman performance is a highly anticipated event in certain circles. The cramped seating area of the...
Music Review Works discussed in this essay: In Rainbows by Radiohead (self-released) I was perplexed by the early response from some Radiohead fans that the group’s seventh album, In Rainbows, released on CD in the U.S. on January 1st, represented a return to an earlier style, a...
Book Review Works discussed in this essay: The Braindead Megaphone: Essays by George Saunders. Riverhead Books, 2007 In Persuasion Nation: Short Stories by George Saunders, Riverhead Books, 2006 George Saunders’ latest book, and his first collection of essays, The Braindead...
Spotlight On The Board Of Trustees Alert, on edge New Yorkers are increasingly stressed, fed by a media diet of bad news stories sensationalizing the radical Islamist threat. Moreover, with upcoming presidential elections, many residents expect such scare stories to increase their...
Examples of major media focusing on Islam. They say that one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist. In the United States, however, one man’s freedom fighter is often that same man’s terrorist-maybe years later, but classifications can flip back and forth...
