Susan Bordo is right about one thing: Sexism is real and Hillary Clinton has been subjected to it. The spectre of Hillary-the-nasty-woman is persistent and familiar—but it’s only one of the many reasons Clinton lost her latest White House bid. The story of her defeat is a complicated one, encompassing rising anti-establishment fervor, campaign error, and yes, prejudice. But you wouldn’t know it from reading Bordo’s new book.
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Romeo Aldea might have been a good person if not for one fact: He’s convinced he’s a good person. The main character of Romanian writer-director Cristian Mungiu’s remarkable Graduation walks through every scene of this intimate, spare drama with the utter assurance of a man who knows nothing is ever his fault. In other hands, this material might have been the makings of a grand farce in which our callous, pompous protagonist gets his delicious comeuppance. But in Graduation, as Romeo wades deeper into a quagmire of his own making... Читать дальше...
The story of President Donald Trump’s infamous tweets falsely accusing President Barack Obama of having his “wires tapped,” and the steps Trump and his enablers have taken since to legitimate that claim, is a perfect microcosm of everything contemptuous and transgressive about this administration.
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When President Barack Obama took the White House in 2008, his knowledge of science was admittedly limited, but his interest in it wasn’t. Within days of his election, he began selecting the scientists and tech wonks for his science advisory board, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The OSTP was fully staffed within months, and became “the most active in history, starting 34 studies of subjects as varied as advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity,” according to The New York Times. Читать дальше...
