This year provides a unique opportunity to connect two already-bound holidays. The historical and religious synergy between Chanukah and Thanksgiving is undeniable.
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Software Review: Music Maker 2014 Premium from Magix
If you love what you can do with Music Maker Jam and want to be able to do a lot more, Music Maker 2014 is definitely for you.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘An American Family Takes a Lover’ by Amina Henry
This sardonic comedy swipes at our need to control others and our masochistic desire to be controlled.
Read More »Tech Review: Sync by 50 – Wireless Headphones from SMS Audio
50 Cent's headphones pack a hefty price punch, but you get what you pay for: high quality sound and high quality comfort.
Read More »Fili-Busted? Fake Outrage, Real Facts
The Democrats know that the removal of the filibuster will be used against them later on, but they had no choice if they wanted to get anything done in Obama's second term.
Read More »A President, a History of Violence, and a City Called Dallas
Much is remembered about Nov. 22, 1963, but much is forgotten as well.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Maids’ by Jean Genet
Transposed to New Orleans, the French classic still poses difficult questions about action and inaction, masters and servants.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The God Projekt’
Inventive puppetry propels this story of an aging God who conceives a new project: to re-create mankind.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘One Night’ by Charles Fuller
One Night, Charles Fuller's play about wounded warriors attempting to deal with PTSD and the aftershocks of their time fighting in Iraq is not to be missed. The production's cultural currency and timeless relevance about the effects of war offers an essential view of the military that is rarely seen.
Read More »Fifty Years Later: A Reflection on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
As the nation remembers JFK fifty years later, I wonder what he would make of us now?
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