Tag: apocalypse
Oct. 27, 2017
Playing a bad game of Russian roulette
We live in a deeply, perhaps uniquely dangerous moment. The Western imagination has been haunted for two millennia by the idea of apocalypse — of…

Jun. 3, 2016
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ shines as mature summer blockbuster
You have to hand it to 20th Century Fox. The studio has released two Marvel comic book films this year, which can easily stand toe-to-toe…

Oct. 11, 2013
Welcome to the new normal
The government is shut down. Eight hundred thousand people are out of work. National parks are closed. NASA is closed. The courts are working unpaid…