‘Alien’, Aristotle, and the Ruthless Forces That Control Us
Imagine Aristotle sitting in a movie theater in 1979 with his tub of popcorn. If you think he would scoff at Alien‘s outlandish monster, think again.
JT Thompson
JT Thompson is a writer based in Western Mass. He can see a mountain from his study window and is five minutes from his favorite pub. He is published in The Isthmus, The Tico Times, Edinburgh List, The Somerville Times, The New York Times, and more, and has written guidebooks to the UK and Scandinavia for Let's Go and Costa Rica for Lonely Planet.
Oscar Wilde Envisions Our Post-Pandemic Socialist Future
Millennials and GenZ had time to contemplate the real harms wrought by capitalism during the pandemic shutdown. Perhaps they might read Oscar Wilde, now.