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Arnold's Nightmare: The Curious Success of the Communist Party in Graz, Austria 20 Aug 2013 | 11:38 am
Schwarzenegger must be appalled by the Styrian capital and Austria’s second-biggest city, Graz, being the site of one of Europe’s most intriguing electoral phenomena of recent years: the local chapter...
"A Little Amusement at His Expense": Conan Doyle's Sly Subversion of Victorian Society, part 2 13 Aug 2013 | 11:34 pm
The French author Honoré de Balzac once wrote that “behind every fortune lies a great crime,” and his words are borne out in “The Blue Carbuncle.” Belonging to a countess and worth at least £20,000, t...
Fire in the Hole 8 Aug 2013 | 03:48 am
Old news to some...
Barbaric Kings and Plodding Imbeciles: Conan Doyle’s Sly Subversion of Victorian Society (part 1) 5 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am
A number of today’s crime writers are also college professors who bring a unique critical approach to reading (and writing) crime fiction. In the course of teaching a college class that covers materia...
The Zimmerman Verdict 14 Jul 2013 | 07:30 pm
The most meaningful challenge to the authority of the legal system...
Tens of Thousands of California Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike 11 Jul 2013 | 11:38 pm
The strikers are calling for an end to long-term solitary confinement and better prison conditions.
Red and Black Vienna 3 Jul 2013 | 04:56 am
I had the good fortune of getting airfare and a lovely flat in Vienna for two weeks, June 16-27, in exchange for doing a talk related to my book Paths toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday A...
Profiling 24 Jun 2013 | 12:53 am
Watch the following short video.
Letter from South Africa 21 Jun 2013 | 02:17 pm
My daughter, Memphis, and I have been here in Durban, South Africa for almost a year now...
Finding Vecaki 10 Jun 2013 | 01:24 am
Outside cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam, few indeed are widely perceived as good places for cycling: usually, it is just the opposite. Yet we'll arrive to find people riding bikes regardless.