The Homeless Radical
Daniel Bell was the prophet of a failed centrism. By the end of his life, he was revisiting the leftism of his youth.
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Tea and Solidarity
In the UK, Jews and Indians on the left are joining forces against the right's Islamophobia and bigotry.
Read MorePeople of the Book 101: Lillian Hellman in Scoundrel Time
by Mike Kuhlenbeck WRITER LILLIAN HELLMAN (1905-1984), one of the greatest dramatists of her time and a major figure in the cultural transition from The Great Gatsby to the Great Depression, is rarely mentioned in the same breath as other literary lions of her time such as Ernest Hemingway, Richard Wright, Arthur Miller and other […]
Read MoreMarty Feldman versus the Suits
by Mike Kuhlenbeck “The pen is mightier than the sword, and is considerably easier to write with.” –Marty Feldman THE SUBVERSIVE WISDOM of comedian Marty Feldman should be chiseled in stone, and his unique likeness carved into a monument celebrating his efforts to slay the Establishment with humor. Martin Alan Feldman was born in north […]
Read MoreCarl Th. Dreyer’s Film on Jewish Persecution
by Mike Kuhlenbeck INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED Danish film director Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889-1968) is perhaps best known to English-speaking filmgoers as the force behind the 1932 horror masterpiece Vampyr. However, Dreyer confronted a real-life evil that has haunted the world for centuries, the looming menace of anti-Semitism, with Elsker Hverandre — Love One Another. Dreyer’s fourth […]
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