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From the Keyboard of Surly1 Originally published on the Doomstead Diner on August 5, 2013 Discuss this article here in the Diner Forum.   First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out– Because I was not a Socialist...

This personal story was told by Menucha Sara, bat Eliyahu, to Phil Weiss a year ago. His questions have been removed from the narration. –Editor. I grew up modern orthodox, very Zionist. I went to Jewish day school, but I was always questioning. Not...

Many people believe that if they were to make a living from their creative work, the art itself would suffer. That getting paid somehow cheapens their craft, when in reality, they have finally received validation. Instead thinking of art and entrepreneurship...

Tough snowman Marshmallow is among the cast of characters in Disney's new animated musical, Frozen, out Wed/27. PHOTO COURTESY OF DISNEY Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, Sam Stander...

It was a Tuesday, over a week after the killings, when they finally opened the immediate area around Pulse to the public. The June 12 massacre at the Orlando gay nightclub left 49 victims and one shooter dead and many more wounded. It also created a...