Lungs & Guns
by: Michael Shields 3D printing is on the verge of changing the world, but the verdict is still out if this is indeed a good…
Politics
GM(n)O’s?
by: Michael Shields A brief capsulation of a problem that must be confronted before it is too late. GMO’s 101…… The old saying goes if you’re…
Fed Up
by: Heather Fawn The rape and murder of a 23 year old woman in India heavies our hearts and opens our eyes, once again, to…
All I Want For Christmas
Across the Margin, to conclude our 12 days of holiday stories lovingly termed ‘Across the Holidays’, offers a few holiday wishes in the wake of…
Debate Night in America — Round 3
By Michael Shields and Chris Thompson The final of three 2012 general election presidential debates occurred Monday evening. Across the Margin’s Chris Thompson and Michael…
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…
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…