June 1, 2012

Interview with Michael F. Armstrong, author of They Wished They Were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption

We conclude our feature on They Wished They Were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption, with an interview the book’s author Michael F. Armstrong. In the interview Michael F. Armstrong discusses the book, corruption in the...

May 31, 2012

Michael Marder — The idea of following in the age of Twitter

Michael Marder reveals that “following” on social networks is not as much a matter of individual choice as it might at first appear.

May 31, 2012

Jacqueline Stevens — Citizenship to Go

Jacqueline Stevens argues that national borders and citizenship based on birth are antiquated and unjust concepts that should be done away with.

May 31, 2012

Michael Armstrong, author of "They Wished They Were Honest," on the Leonard Lopate Show

We continue our feature on They Wished They Were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption, with an interview with the book’s author, Michael F. Armstrong. In the interview, Michael Armstrong describes the1970-72 Knapp Commission investigation into...

May 30, 2012

Amy Allen — 'Mommy Wars' Redux: A False Conflict

Amy Allen discusses Elisabeth Badinter’s The Conflict and shows why we should really be concerned about the economic policies and cultural norms that make it so hard to be a mother and have a career.

May 30, 2012

They Wished They Were Honest, The Knapp Commission, Police Corruption, and Serpico

Police corruption, prostitution, and illegal gambling are all revealed in this CBS news report from 1971 on the Knapp Commission, which uncovered rampant corruption in the New York Police Department . The chief counsel for the commission was Michael Armstrong,...

May 29, 2012

Michael Haneke Wins at Cannes

The just-published The Cinema of Michael Haneke: Europe Utopia is the most recent book on the director whose film, Amour, was just awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes. The Cinema of Michael Haneke explores the director’s films such as Funny...

May 29, 2012

New Book Tuesday: Sinning, Postmemory, and Pornography

Sinning in the Hebrew Bible: How The Worst Stories Speak for Its Truth Alan F. Segal The Generation of Postmemory: Writing and Visual Culture After the Holocaust Marianne Hirsch Hard to Swallow: Hard-Core Pornography on Screen Edited by Claire Hines...

May 25, 2012

University Press Roundup

Our weekly look at the best articles from the academic press blogosphere.

May 25, 2012

Ryan Chittum and Felix Salmon on the Facebook IPO Fiasco

Ryan Chittum and Felix Salmon look at the ugly events around the Facebook IPO.

May 25, 2012

Carl Hobbs on Mother's Day and Earth Day

We conclude our week-long feature on The Beach Book: Science of the Shore with a post from Carl Hobbs from earlier this year commemorating Earth Day and Mother’s Day. Earth Day and Mothers’ Day share at least one important characteristic:...

May 24, 2012

Stephen Tankel — Afghan War Is Not Over Yet

Stephen Tankel discusses the thorny political situation in Afghanistan.