By: Tom Nealon

Mongolians — the Rosenbergs — Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing?

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from STRIPES (1981)

By: Tom Nealon

The plural, parable-spawning condiment of the people.

By: Matthew Battles

The dystopian classic is also a parable of the information age.

By: Mark Kingwell

Desire seeks the Real but is trapped in the Symbolic order of language and representation.

By: Joshua Glenn

Rebooting is no nostalgia trip — nor is it snarkily ironic.

By: Matthew Battles

YouTube and the Pop Paranormal.

By: Mark Kingwell

Theorizing in a style that must be described as cheerful despair.

By: Tom Nealon

Washington should never have accepted help from the butter-loving French.

By: Joshua Glenn

Joshua Glenn on a panel from TALES TO ASTONISH (1962)

By: Mark Kingwell

Reason itself becomes the monster.

By: Tom Nealon

Barbecue sauce doesn’t exist — but barbecue?

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from CLAMBAKE (1967)

By: Tom Nealon

Mesoamerica was a hotbed of violence, Jesuits… and cuisine.

By: Mark Kingwell

He tracked the “lines of flight” that ideas can take up against power.