Opinion and Commentary
Madison Square Park Hosts Ivan Navarro Water Towers Installation
February 27, 2014 | Eric ShapiroSometimes objects are so common that you stop noticing them. This is especially the case in New York City, where the fast pace, neurosis and stress of urban life cause the mundane features of the physical world surrounding us to … Read More
B Corps: The Conscience of Capitalism
February 3, 2014 | Louis HunekeBusiness as we know it today may change forever in the coming decades, as companies take into account the impact of climate change. Many businesses big and small are beginning to see the dangers pollution and climate change pose to … Read More
Keystone XL: the Moment of Truth for President Obama’s Climate Change Legacy
January 31, 2014 | Eric ShapiroOil pipelines are a lot like entitlement programs: once they’re in place, they never go away. O.K., so this is a flawed comparison, but in one key way, it touches on an important truth: what may start out as something … Read More
Obama Talks Marijuana, Lighting up Legalization Debate
January 20, 2014 | Eric ShapiroAmericans should be proud of their president today. No, he didn’t fix the Obamacare website. No, he didn’t convince Iran to give up its nuclear aspirations. No, he didn’t craft comprehensive regulations to curb Wall Street abuses. All he did … Read More
Anarchy or Oligarchy? Finding a Reasonable Middle Ground on Internet Policy
January 17, 2014 | Shaun Persaud“Global electronic, unmediated communication, often masked by encryption, has collapsed time and space. Global communication and organization by non-elites is stimulating a reaction by elites. Powerful institutions cannot ignore the threats that open, anarchistic systems seem to present. Thus reactions … Read More
Revolution Books to Host Discussion on Novelist Colum McCann’s “TransAtlantic”
January 15, 2014 | Eric ShapiroOn Sunday, January 26 at 1:30 PM, Revolution Books, located at 146 W. 26th Street between 6th and 7th Aves. will host a book club discussion on Colum McCann’s new novel TransAtlantic, McCann, author of several other notable books such as 2009 National … Read More
New York Review of Books & L’Indice Celebrate Anniversaries With Panel Discussion
January 10, 2014 | Eric ShapiroOn January 9th, 2014, the respective 50th and 30th anniversaries of the New York Review of Books and its Italian counterpart, L’Indice, 5 renowned scholars participated in a panel discussion at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York. The setting was … Read More
Bridgegate Exposes Pettiness, Hypocrisy of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
January 8, 2014 | Eric ShapiroTo put it bluntly, “Bridgegate” is a disaster for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Christie came to power in large part due to his image. In an era of hyperpartisanship in Washington, the idea of a no-nonsense, straight-talking moderate appealed … Read More
“Justified” Season 5, Episode 1: Spoiler-Free Review
January 7, 2014 | Eric ShapiroAll rejoice! The critically acclaimed crime drama Justified has returned for its fifth season on FX. Justified stars Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens and Walton Goggins as criminal mastermind Boyd Crowder. It is based on the fiction of crime author Elmore Leonard, … Read More
The American Studies Association Disgraces Itself With Attack on Israeli Universities
January 7, 2014 | Eugene KaplanBy Eugene Kaplan, PhD. Author, Axinn Distinguished Professor of Conservation and Ecology Emeritus, Hofstra University
The American Studies Association is “the nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history.” In short, it is an … Read More