Book Review | ‘Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism’ by Brooke Harrington
Making sense of the economic and political inequality spiraling beyond control worldwide.
Brian Tanguay
Recent Stories
Book Review | ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’ by Salman Rushdie
Writer delves into its meaning after surviving an attack on his life.
Book Review | ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad
A scathing look at the byproducts of unaccountable power.
Book Review | ‘Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness’ by Michael Koresky
How a queer consciousness permeated the fabric of American movies.
Book Review | ‘Cheesecake: A Novel’ by Mark Kurlansky
A delectable story of sweets, quirks, and an Upper Westside Manhattan neighborhood.
Book Review | ‘Ley Lines: A Novel’ by Tim Welsh
A tall tale about a possibly magical mining town.
Book Review | ‘1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times’ by Ross Benes
Pulling back the curtain on the expansion of trashy, throwaway culture.
Pete Buttigieg to Make a Stop in Santa Barbara
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation to speak on “Making Sense of the 2020s: What the Rest of This Decade Will Require from Leaders in Policy, Politics & Communications.”
From Good News to Bad News, From Local Beginnings to National Impact
Talking “Money, Lies, and God” and going inside the movement to destroy American democracy with author Katherine Stewart.
Book Review | ‘There Are Rivers in the Sky’ by Elif Shafak
A magnificent and spellbinding story that shifts seamlessly between places and time periods.
