Grace in the age of cancel culture
After using an anti-Semitic term while livestreaming a video game, Meyers Leonard will no longer play for the Miami Heat. A trade was made with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was waived from the team […]
Articles by James Barraford
Offensive tweets and genocide
Gina Carano has been fired from the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian.” She posted a black-and-white photograph of a battered Jewish woman running in her undergarments from a mob of Nazis. The caption above the photo […]
Bannon and friends tantrum
On Nov. 6, former political strategist to President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, posted a video from his online show, “War Room: Pandemic.” He envisioned the political assassination of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher […]
What Cardi B says about us
On Aug. 17, 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden was interviewed by Cardi B for Elle Magazine. She asked him questions about how his administration would deal with police reform, racial equality, and college debt, […]
Did Biden get preferential treatment from The New York Times?
Tara Reade, a former staffer of Vice President Joe Biden, accused the presumptive Democratic nominee of sexual assault March 23. She described being forced against a wall and sexually assaulted by then Sen. Biden in […]
Biden is a precarious presumptive nominee
On April 14, President Barack Obama officially endorsed his former vice president, Joe Biden, as the Democratic presidential nominee. On April 13, Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Biden on a live-streamed event. Sanders called upon citizens […]
Laura Bassett: Two wrongs don’t make a right
In an essay titled, “Like Warren, I Had My Own Sexist Run-In with Chris Matthews,” Laura Bassett describes when Matthews complimented her appearance, albeit in a cringey way. Matthews hosted one of MSNBC’s most popular […]
‘The Wicker Man’ stands tall
By James BarrafordStaff Writer “The Wicker Man” – streaming now on Netflix – made its debut in 1973 and has remained a cult classic ever since. While some aspects of the film have not aged […]
Five Decades Later, ‘Teorema’ is Still a Mystery
By James Barraford Staff Writer Pier Paolo Pasolini’s mystifying “Teorema” will no doubt confound and perturb audiences. Criterion Collection’s Blu-Ray restoration, released Feb. 18, offers new audiences a pristine look of the 1968 film. The […]
‘Sky Ladder’ reaches its mark
By James Barraford Staff Writer “Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-qiang” is a lean Netflix documentary clocking in at an hour and 16 minutes. For anyone interested in the art scene, this is a […]