Nader ElhefnawyBoxoffice Pro Publishes its First Forecast for Deadpool & Wolverine : ThoughtsTwo weeks ago there were reports that the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine was headed for a $200 million+ opening weekend. Extraordinary even…5d ago5d ago
Nader ElhefnawyWhat is Keir Starmer Promising His Voters?The Labour Party’s June 13 release of its General Election Manifesto a mere three weeks before the day of the election leaves little time…5d ago5d ago
Nader ElhefnawyOf Aspirationalism, Egalitarianism and the Confusion of the One with the OtherRecently revisiting the history that led from “Old” Labour to “New” in writing about the Labour Party’s General Election Manifesto I found…5d ago5d ago
Nader ElhefnawyThe Centrist Outlook and the Propaganda Model of the News MediaEd Herman and Noam Chomsky’s classic Manufacturing Consent was neither the first word on the way the very structure of the news media…5d ago5d ago
Nader ElhefnawyThe Taboo Against Artists Admitting They Want to be Rich and FamousIn Money Writes! Upton Sinclair acknowledges the desire to “get rich and famous” as a deciding factor in the desire of many persons to…5d ago5d ago
Nader Elhefnawy“Show Business for Ugly People”: A Few Thoughts on the FoolishnessIt is these days something of a cliché that politics is “show business for ugly people.”Jun 25Jun 25
Nader ElhefnawyThe Limits of the Superman: Jack London’s Wolf LarsenOne of Jack London’s principal themes was the falsity of the myth of ultra-individualism so dear to the conventionally-minded in America —…Jun 25Jun 25
Nader ElhefnawyOf “Conspicuous Callousness”So far as I can tell “conspicuous callousness” is not a usage — but it should be.Jun 25Jun 25
Nader ElhefnawyThe “Americanness” of the Superhero: A Few ThoughtsAs any decent history of the superhero will tell you — not just the superhero in a broad sense going back to Gilgamesh but the comic…Jun 25Jun 25
Nader ElhefnawyReview: Money Writes! by Upton SinclairIn Mammonart (1925) Upton Sinclair threw down a comprehensive challenge to the received wisdom about the creation, content and valuation of…Jun 25Jun 25