Tag Archives: terrorism
‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Plays into Dangerous Borderland Tropes
Texan Taylor Sheridan created the 21st-century Western, but his attempts at political nuance are overshadowed by the failures of “Soldado.”
Taylor Sheridan’s movies are depressing. The native Texan has a knack for a script, and he’s largely responsible for bringing the modern Western into being,...Read More
Poem: Aleppo Oslo Jos Boston
The Texas Observer's April issue poem, by San Antonian Evan Beaty, explores the connections and chaos between terror and technology....Read More
Ted Cruz’s Plan to ‘Utterly Destroy’ Terrorism Will Utterly Encourage It
Cruz's plan to "patrol" and "secure" Muslim neighborhoods echoes the militarization tactics that experts say foment, rather than discourage, terrorism....Read More
Ted Cruz is Right. There’s No War on Women.
The draconian policies favored by the GOP are better described as a war on the American family.
Indeed, if you want a home for policies that restrict legal abortion, that would ban birth control, that decry parental leave as unnecessary, that deride breast...Read More
Being Charlie Hebdo
We cannot simply stop at support for free speech when we talk about the murders at Charlie Hebdo; we must go further and ask: What do we do next?...Read More
Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, Charlie Hebdo?
If #JeSuisCharlie is too divisive, how about #JeSuisEverythingButTheTerrorists?...Read More
WTF Friday: Perryception
It's Perry, in good times and bad. Perry vs. Perry. Perry and a gun. Perry with a smile. President Perry. Wendy Davis, jihadi. Sorrow in the Metroplex....Read More