The centenary of her birth provides a good opportunity to look back at the peerless career of a film critic remembered for her acuity, fierceness and idiosyncrasy – a writer whose brilliant insights and withering put-downs inspire loyal adulation and bitter enmity like no other. By Farran Smith Nehme.

Even in a city of characters, he stood out, wrapped in his own language. “You speak Spanish?” a journalist asked him. “No, man,” he said. “I don’t even speak English.” By Brian Cullman.

The US Army tweeted, “How has serving impacted you?” As of this writing, the post has over 5,300 responses... By Caitlyn Johnstone.

Cowboy Junkies

Henry Rollins examines Jon Savage’s oral history of the post-punk band.

Even for people who are deeply disabled neurologically, nature can be more powerful than any medication. By Oliver Sacks.

Malcolm X died fifty-one years ago today, just as he was moving toward revolutionary ideas that challenged oppression in all its forms. By Ahmed Shawki. (Feb. 2016)

She was a survivor and an alpha. And then she was legally shot and killed by a hunter. Yellowstone Park's legendary wolf researcher Rick McIntyre reflects on the life of one of the park's most famous canines. By Rick McIntyre.

Assistant TV editor Amy Amatangelo remembers Perry's heartthrob, Dylan McKay.

Kris Kristofferson

From The Comics Journal #134, February 1990.

Benjamin Lay is not to be overlooked. By Natasha Frost. (Sept. 11, 2017)

Our starting point for all commemorations must be deep sorrow, not only for the lives lost, but the effects on those who remained. By Peter FitzSimons.

Lest we forget what? What exactly? And who is this “we?” By George Theodoridis.

Ezra Glinter surveys the work of Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem.

Xavier Cugat and Orchestra featuring Lalo Schifrin

Nowadays Weegee is regarded by most art critics as an artist of permanent significance, one whose work is thought all the more valuable precisely because, like the gangster movies of the ’30s that are mirrored in his crime-scene photos, it was created for commercial purposes. By Terry Teachout.

Steven Jesse Bernstein

Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman to serve both the House and the Senate and always defended her values, even when it meant opposing her party. By Lorraine Boissoneault.

Lifting Up A Bloodstained, Lying, Venal Servant of Capitalist Empire. By Bruce Dixon.