Tags: Staff Reviews

Kirk and Spock back in action in J.J. Abrams’ enterprising sequel.

Under Barack Obama, American foreign policy has been both adrift and destructive.

Feminism and moral panics.

Baz Lurhmann's 3D update is an exuberant mess.

How established homeowners use regulations to stop new low-cost homes.

Teachers know their classrooms better than administrators do. Why don't they have more power to act on that knowledge?

Robert Downey Jr.’s international man of metal returns.

A book on the "depression" diagnosis takes its critique in the wrong direction.

Anti-tech grump Evgeny Morozov overstates his case.

Matthew McConaughey scores again, Ricky Jay defies belief.

There is no practical, objective way for an outside observer to define another individual's best interest.

Calvin Coolidge’s admirable do-nothing spirit

Tom Cruise copes with a post-apocalyptic future, new indie offers a baffling present.

The battle between smugglers and the state forged the U.S.

A new book examines the controversial church.

Bioshock Infinite makes a strong case that video games can be great pop art.