Jack Shafer

Can We End Hunger By Eating Bugs?

theatlantic.com — What world traveler hasn't declined at least one local "delicacy"? A decade ago in Oaxaca, Mexico, I turned up my nose at chapulines , a steaming plate of toasted grasshoppers. "Tastes like chicken," my waiter said as he smiled unconvincingly.

The Shining: Kubrick's Gold Story 1/4 film analysis by Rob Ager

youtube.com — Using unpublished info from the Stanley Kubrick Archives as a key source, Kubrick's Gold Story is a film analysis that uncovers economic themes encoded in The Shining with regard to gold vs fiat monetary systems. Written, narrated and edited by Rob Ager.

Stanley Kubrick: a bibliography

books.google.com — For decades, the films of Stanley Kubrick have staked out a claim at the core of the cultural landscape. In the 1950s he was one of the few American filmmakers, with Paths of Glory, to achieve the gravitas of European cinema.

In a border town, a newspaper forced to be silent

latimes.com — LAREDO, Texas -- A recent wave of kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo was prominently featured in a recent Sunday edition of El Mañana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border. But the story carried no byline, and no residents were quoted or pictured.

The American T. S. Eliot: A Study of the Early Writings

books.google.com — In his old age T.S. Eliot said on a number of occasions that the American experience of his childhood and youth had had the deepest influence on his poetry. This is the first book to explore in detail how Eliot's writings at once preserved and reacted against his complex American heritage: his intellectually and socially prominent family, their strong Unitarian culture, and their experience in nineteenth-century St.

Bob Dylan ‘Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands’ | Classic Tracks

soundonsound.com — It took a while for Bob Dylan to hit his stride on his seventh studio album, but once he did there was no stopping him. Producer Bob Johnston recalls the difficult birth of Blonde On Blonde.

Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome

nytimes.com — I can tell you the exact date that I began to think of myself in the first-person plural - as a superorganism, that is, rather than a plain old individual human being. It happened on March 7.