Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Today in labor history: Jewish labor leaders stamps issued
September 16, 2014The progressive secular Jewish Currents magazine issued the stamps: Notable among them are four women and a range of ideological orientations
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J. J. Goldberg speaks on Israel and Palestine: Is there a way out?
September 12, 2014In half a dozen years the Israel Defense Forces may have a cadre of commanding officers no longer answerable to the Israeli government, but to their fundamentalist rabbis back home.
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“Echoes of Valour” in Newfoundland: A story of racism defeated
September 9, 2014On the stormy night of February 18, 1942, the USS Truxton and the USS Pollux, headed toward Iceland for refueling, foundered against the rocky cliffs near St. Lawrence.
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Impressions of marriage
September 5, 2014I'm a guy who's never been married, but I have some definite impressions of the institution that I'd like to share: You see, I marry people, 300 couples a year!
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Two trailblazing performers “Coming out Muslim”
September 2, 2014"Coming Out Muslim" is a collage of coming-out stories, unmet parental expectations, song and chant, dance movement, prayer, revelations, hair and head coverings, and henna.
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“Boyhood,” in a land of opportunity they don’t make it easy
August 25, 2014Writer and director Richard Linklater's latest release had an intriguing gestation, filmed in and around Houston over a twelve-year timeframe from 2002 to 2013.
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“Life Itself”: A Roger Ebert biopic
August 20, 2014Having conducted an extraordinarily unpredictable life, reviewing some 6000 films, Ebert lived his own movie.
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Vivan los Carwasheros!
July 28, 2014Los Angeles' first union carwash caravan took place July 24. Drivers brought their cars to Highland Car Wash on N. Figueroa Street in the L.A. neighborhood of Highland Park.
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