Staff Reviews
Notes from the Underground
How the underground press of the 1960s revolutionized the American media
Briefly Noted Books, Movies, Television, and More
Privacy chic, outlaw bikers, William Gibson's Zero History, an unwitting libertarian documentary, and TV Carnage
The Singing Divas of Burlesque
Christina Aguilera and Cher anchor this old-school Hollywood musical
Heeding the Sage of Baltimore
A new edition of H.L. Mencken's Prejudices captures the legendary journalist at his corrosive best.
Some Really Inconvenient Truths
Bjørn Lomborg fights the forces of climate hysteria in the new documentary Cool It.
Corpses, Crimes, and Comic Books
Old Testament justice in the horror comics of the '50s
Heeding the Sage of Baltimore
A new edition of H.L. Mencken's Prejudices captures the legendary journalist at his corrosive best