Tag: ERIC-LOUIS-SMITH-JR
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Karen Bass, Nithya Raman, and the Incriment of the Street: Homelessness, Measurement, and the Manufacture of Civic Confidence
In principle, the proposition that Los Angeles voters might “finally change direction” on homelessness rests upon two assumptions that deserve interrogation before the proposition can be weighed: first, that a settled direction exists, and second, that the electorate has been the party steering. Principally, the record of the past decade contradicts both. Angelenos have voted,…
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CJ STROUD; INSIDE THE POCKET PT. 2
CJ Stroud finished Houston’s Week 1 loss to Buffalo 26-of-38 for 274 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions, and two lost fumbles off strip-sacks. Read alone, that line invites a common shortcut, one where the game gets reduced to a single storyline built around the two late turnovers. A box score, however, compresses forty-eight plays’ worth…
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Knowledge and Power: Tom Cotton; And the Pursuit of Lasting Peace
Since the conclusion of the Cold War—and notably after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001—the United States has increasingly embraced the idea that collecting more information about adversaries necessarily produces greater security. This assumption underlies the expansion of intelligence authorities such as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), one of the…
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Nolan’s; The Odyssey Review
The machinery behind The Odyssey reflects something larger about the modern cinematic landscape: the transformation of film from a singular artistic experience into a carefully orchestrated cultural event. A production of this scale does not simply arrive in theaters; it arrives surrounded by an atmosphere of expectation. The audience encounters the film long before the…
