Culture
Terror and torture: The spiral of endless war
November 21, 2016The contradiction of "the war on terror": the means used to fight it are effective recruiting devices for terrorists themselves.
Read moreGwen Ifill, 61: PBS journalist
November 18, 2016“We can’t expect the world to get better by itself,” she said. “We have to create something we can leave the next generation.”
Read moreCourageous multimedia opera “Soldier Songs” impresses in San Diego
November 17, 2016At the rate the world is going, I doubt these powerful Soldier Songs will feel dated anytime soon.
Read moreLeonard Cohen, 82: Singer, songwriter and poet
November 17, 2016“I never had the sense that there was an end, that there was a retirement or that there was a jackpot.”
Read moreJourneying in films, from Nigeria to North Korea
November 17, 2016When you have over 80 countries represented in a major film festival screening about 400 films, it’s not hard to find great cinema.
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