Updike’s ‘Terrorist’ a Bomb, Says New York Times
Jun 6, 2006 The legendary author's newest work focuses on a likable 18-year-old would-be suicide bomber The N Times and, to a lesser extent, the Washington Post pan the book .
‘Scanning’ the Darkness of Our War on Drugs
May 15, 2006 In this summer's most talked-about movie, "A Scanner Darkly," Keanu Reeves stars as an undercover narcotics agent losing his grip on reality in an America that has lost the war on drugs. True, the film is a warning call, but might it also inadvertently channel us toward the very dystopia it is warning against? This article ran in May, but we're trotting it out again because the movie just hit theaters this week.
