Essays & Reviews Beyond Belief By Jesse Elias SpaffordJuly 2, 2013 A class of kids goes to see Waiting for Superman ready to hate it. They cry anyway. Why isn't being convinced enough?
Essays & Reviews Just the Facts By Jesse Elias SpaffordMarch 5, 2013 Conspiracy theorists seem like the polar opposite of sober technocratic pundits favored in mainstream press. But they are not so different
Essays & Reviews Dissatisfaction City By Jesse Elias SpaffordJanuary 2, 2013 The Las Vegas casino is a machine for social control that works not through repression but deinhibition, rationalizing our yearning for the expensive and impossible
Essays & Reviews The Esoteric Whodunit By Jesse Elias SpaffordAugust 10, 2012 What is the point of watching mysteries get solved when the motives and reasoning are beyond any ordinary person’s comprehension?
Essays & Reviews The Selfless Man By Jesse Elias SpaffordFebruary 10, 2012 Ryan Gosling’s lack of substance makes him the go-to heartthrob for ideological indoctrination