These days it seems the Big Apple is on a tear. In the last several weeks, we have seen New York City go from strength to strength. It...

Increased citizen participation in government processes is a good thing – most of the time. Citizens interacting with the executive...

I’d wager that a considerable number of the general population would describe most modern art as esoteric, derivative, annoying,...

I spent a good part of the weekend watching (most) of season two of “House of Cards.” Without having seen the ending, I can say that...

Political art is far from a novel phenomenon, but nowadays we’re exposed to artist-activists from around the world, creating works of...

Protest songs have always been an important mode of political discourse. Easily produced and disseminated, good protest songs and the...

Crisis in Syria. Government  shutdown. Republican civil war. Traditional media outlets such as the New York Times, NPR or CNN have...

Violence in gaming has always been an issue of concern to parents and politicians, from the old days of Mortal Kombat—where players...

Two years ago, chaos broke loose when Syrian protesters began demonstrating their deep discontent with President Bashar al-Assad’s rule....

Mitt Romney emerged from last week’s debate the undisputed champion and the owner of a substantial bounce in the polls, but he was almost...