Word: polemicizing
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As he got older, two threads in Eisner's work became increasingly prominent: Jewish identity and the urge to use his work to make a better world. The Name of the Game, from 2001 (see TIME.comix review), cast a family melodrama in the little-seen world of turn-of-the...
Whoever gets the job obviously has a very tough act to follow, in more ways than one. "In the short term, he did wonders for the U.S. economy, but now we are saddled with the bill," says Ravi Batra, an economist at Southern Methodist University and author of a new...
A new book is even devoted to these anecdotes. Harvard Rules is an anti-Summers polemic written by Richard Blow—who was so embarrassed after cashing in on his late friend John Kennedy Jr.’s death that he actually changed his last name to Bradley...
Adding to the fray this December will be the inevitably debated debut film by Niels Mueller, The Assassination of Richard Nixon. This exquisitely acted film features a fine performance by Sean Penn that anchors the story of a man who loses everything and decides to follow the American dream in...
As the outburst against Sean Penn revealed, The Assassination of Richard Nixon will doubtless cause some political controversy in the world of entertainment for any number of reasons: its scenes of violence, its star’s rallying habits, its historical accuracy. But those who see the film will realize...