by Kongli Liu | Jun 11, 2009 | The Public Humanist
After spending some time in Beijing, I have quickly realized that China is not the same country as the one shown in the media and news publications in the United States,” said Tom Lill, then a second year college student who traveled to China in January 2009,...
by James Heflin | Jun 11, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
It is been deemed, by certain omnipresent naysayers, a bad thing to repeatedly focus on torture. And of course it is bad, in that it means they have to embrace one of the nadirs of human behavior repeatedly and openly in order to defend the indefensible. So it seemed...
by Chris Rohmann | Jun 11, 2009 | Stage
Isn't it funny how often the patriotic notion that our troops are fighting overseas to defend our constitutional liberties, bumps up against attempts to stifle those freedoms at home? That's the ironic back-story to Voices in Conflict, a theatrical collage of...
by James Heflin | Jun 11, 2009 | Stage
Ever heard of Gormlaith? That's not a monster in the Beowulf mold, or some ancient villain—Gormlaith was in fact the wife of one of the most famous men in Irish history, High King of Ireland Brian Boru, whose harp still graces Irish money. In The Last High...
by Michael Cimaomo | Jun 11, 2009 | Stage
From its humble beginnings in a nightclub on New York's Upper West Side to its current reign as the city's longest-running musical comedy revue, Forbidden Broadway has left audiences rolling in the aisles since 1982. The production of the Tony Award-winning...