As we devote ever-increasing resources to providing, or prohibiting, access to information via computer, Theodore Roszak reminds us that voluminous information does not necessarily lead to sound thinking. "Data glut" obscures basic questions of justice and purpose and may even hinder rather than enh[...]

Jonathan Gates loves going to the Classic art house cinema in LA. There he forms an obsession with Max Castle, a nearly-forgotten genius of the silent screen and film noir director who vanished in the 1940s. A macabre detective story, an occult tale of medieval heresy, an apocalyptic thriller and a[...]