Debate Night in America — Round 2
by: Michael Shields The second of three 2012 general election presidential debates occurred last evening. Across the Margin’s Michael Shields assesses its dramatic effect. I…
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Debate Night In America — Round 1
by: Chris Thompson The first of three 2012 general election presidential debates went down Wednesday night. Across the Margin’s Chris Thompson assesses its dramatic effect….
Bubba
by: Michael Shields A breath of fresh air that captivated a nation….. The word man-crush is a word that invaded pop culture at about the…
‘Escape From Camp 14’ Reviewed
by: Douglas Grant A discussion, ripe with spoilers, about the “true” story of one man’s heroic escape from a North Korean Prison….. A few months…
Shocked and Awed
by: Michael Shields Patriotism at a cost for American soldiers…. Filmmakers have a unique power. It is the power associated with all forms of storytelling…
Change the Dream
by: Michael Shields Challenging the American Dream with the aid of the Buell Hypothesis…. “It’s called the American dream because you have to be asleep…
The War Not The Battle
by: Tom Rau A few words on the state of the Union in the wake of North Carolina’s approval of Amendment 1…. The other day…
To Occupy?
by: Michael Shields I am starting to see things slowly come to a boil again. Saw a shabby looking but determined crew at Union Square…
Around the Margin – Trayvon Martin
Brought to you by: Across the Margin Trayvon Martin’s murder (The use of the word murder in this introductory paragraph is a telling sign of…