IMDB Citizenfour (2014): Greenwald interviews Snowden in Hong Kong hotel room. Oscar winning doc. Serious issue; dull cinema. One-sided. ...

Illegal freestanding structure? I hope not. Little Free Library. In my neighborhood in Seattle, these adorable book-lending birdhouses live...

IMDB Finding Vivian Maier (2014): Private, eccentric hoarder who took 100,000 great street photos but never shared. Want more of her phot...

IMDB Now You See Me (2013): I wish I hadn't. I never suspended disbelief in the hole-filled plot. Movie magic, yes. Movies about magi...

IMDB Copenhagen (2014): Too young Effy befriends too immature Will seeking his long-lost grandfather. Not creepy. Charming. City is a co-...

I've never been a fan of Exceptionalism , the notion that the U.S. is favored by God and is exempt from historical forces that have affe...

Amazon From 1493 , by Charles C. Mann:   What happened after Columbus, this new research says, was nothing less than the forming of a s...

IMDB Winter's Tale (2014): Fantasy romance between thief and consumptive heiress. Magic horse. Devil. Miracles. Too many WTF elements...

IMDB The Hangover Part III (2013): Surprisingly smart and entertaining, pretty much free of sex and drugs. Nothing filling, just fun esca...

According to surveys, there's a gap between what the public thinks and what scientists know. The surveys found broad support for govern...