In last week’s column looking back at “2018: The Year in Global Warming,” I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following: The big question for Bostonians and anyone else reading this: How do we go from this grim state of affairs to […]
THE SABOTEUR: A VIVID TALE OF COURAGE IN THE FACE OF NAZI FORCE
Like so many masters of deep research and compelling narrative historical nonfiction before him, Kix leaves very little for the reader to imagine on their own. Some of the descriptions are extremely terrifying, but they’re also necessary if one is to understand the plight of the protagonist.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOW OUR VERSION OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL FRONT
What Are We Going to Do About It? My wife’s family on her mother’s side are French Jews who escaped from the Germans who occupied France in 1940. First they moved from their home in Paris to the southern part of the country, which was ruled by the Vichy regime of Marshall Petain. Two […]
ADORE LIFE: SAVAGES FIND RAW BEAUTY IN OPENNESS
The London punk rock act talk love and stress in the wake of their intensive, emotive sophomore album.
AU CONTRAIRE GRANDE FRERE: MASS OFFICIALS SAY THERE’S NO THREAT AT HOME FOLLOWING PARIS ATTACKS, YET PUT FORCES ON INCREASED ALERT ANYWAY
It’s never easy criticizing vigilant Big Brother while the crime scene is still bloody.
FRENCH GAWKERS: VUNDABAR ON SILLINESS, EUROPEAN SCENES, AND THEIR SOPHOMORE LP
Surf pop trio Vundabar talk French fame and staying goofy before their album release show at The Middle East.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? NAPOLEON
