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American officials frown when outsiders call the battle over the Caspian another "Great Game," the term Rudyard Kipling used for the 19th century struggle for influence and control between the British and Russian empires. But another Great Game is what it is. Washington wants Caspian oil to flow through many...
As such, the film's thematic debt to fascism or even imperialism is not inconsiderable. We are better than Them, albeit for fully arbitrary reasons. Killing Them will be a big guiltless joyride for Us, who are Their clear superiors. You can see Rudyard Kipling on a nasty day really...
The Clinton Administration's decision not to oppose a $1.6 billion plan to build a natural-gas pipeline through Iran is a signal that the U.S. wants to improve relations with the Islamic regime. "It's the flip side of sanctions," says a White House official--an inducement to Iran...
Even though emotional range is not generally demanded of humanoid marine reptiles, a new, live-action version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, set to air on Fox in September, will feature a female turtle named Venus De Milo alongside the original four males. In Mowgli: The New Adventures of the...
Such works remind you that the view of Homer that was current 20 years ago, and that this show corrects--that he was a realist in a simple and straightforward way--was wrong. It reckons without the deep strand of existential pessimism that runs in Homer's work and that...