Brilliant legal theorist, deconstructionist and social critic; that's Stanley Fish. No one ever guests him on talk shows, and I think I...

One of the things I have always wondered about racists is their complete denial, ignorance or dismissing of biology and history. Here's...

There's a saying in the business: "She killed," as in going on stage and having the audience in the palm of one's hand. By...

I haven't written about Cary Fukunaga's Sin Nombre yet because my homeboy, Luis Rodriguez was scheduled to speak on a panel after a...

This has been out for forever, but I needed a laugh today so looked it up cause I hadn't seen it in a minute. The first time Cooky showe...

It is especially disturbing that Summers got most of the $8 million from a major hedge fund at a time when such totally unregulated rich-guy...

Bill Moyers had on Professor William Black, he is the only economics professor so far who makes sense to me. The issue of criminality, coll...

With all of the bad vibes, here's a little bit of retro soul, courtesy of Raphael Saadiq. Love this song, particularly in these times.

This just hit the wire a few hours ago; Barack's giving more money to GM and Chrysler, the latter, a PRIVATE company getting public mone...

I've been meaning to get to this; about a week ago I saw one of the most riveting films in a long time, courtesy of PBS's American ...

No one knows the price that I've paid for what I've gotten out of this world and this life. My efforts represented sacrifices untold...

My friend Torb sent me the Matt Taibbi/Rolling Stone article on the meltdown. It is good in that it speaks plainly - "we're offici...