Culture
Piketty, The Wall Street Journal, and rational conservatives
June 18, 2014"Capital in the 21st Century" has almost had the effect of a tsunami on economic thinking in the U.S. after its translation into English washed up on our monoglot shores.
Read moreRuby Dee, 91: Iconic actress, civil rights activist
June 12, 2014Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91.
Read more“Ida”: Women discover socialist Poland and themselves
June 9, 2014It's a road picture, as the two women go back to their family's homestead and figure out what happened.
Read moreHollywood Heritage celebrates 100 years of filmmaking in Hawaii
June 6, 2014Ed Rampell will give a video presentation with laser focus on Hollywood feature films and television productions that are shot and set in Hawai'i.
Read moreFrom Congo to North Dakota, films examine the human condition
June 2, 2014Several films screened at the recent 2014 Tribeca Film Festival deal with the search for peace and justice, or for truth and understanding. They offer much valuable food for thought.
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