Freezerbox Magazine - CriticismCopyright © 1997-2024 Infocrat, LLC. All rights reserved.https://www.freezerbox.com/images/ads/freezerbox/bomb_88x31.gifhttps://www.freezerbox.com/2024-03-28T16:56:16ZBill Mauldin: Icon of IronyHis first "practical lesson about war: nobody really knows what he's doing."Russ Wellen2008-10-15T07:00:00Z2008-10-15T18:51:55Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=579We Can't Take Iraq Neat, We Need a ChaserWe won't listen to war stories unless they're folded within another narrative -- like a thriller novel.Russ Wellen2008-03-27T07:00:00Z2008-05-12T14:29:35Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=551The Kennedys vs. the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, and Curtis LeMayLadies and gentlemen -- Bobby Kennedy, the first conspiracy theorist.Kirk Bane2008-02-22T08:00:00Z2008-04-12T15:49:32Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=543Naomi Klein Takes Down the Shock Therapy QuacksLike "End of Hunger" author Jeffry Sachs, who flipped the switch on Poland and Russia.Alexander Zaitchik2007-12-27T08:00:00Z2008-02-22T19:29:35Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=533Compulsory YuppiedomThese unfortunate middle-class kids never wanted to work for Goldman Sachs -- society made them do it!
Alexander Zaitchik2007-07-20T07:00:00Z2007-07-20T16:30:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=508White Nationalism Goes PrimetimePatrick Buchanan has completely flown the coop. But producers still can't get enough of him.
Alexander Zaitchik2006-10-18T07:00:00Z2006-10-18T13:07:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=465"United 93" Never Gets Off the GroundIf only the real United 93 had failed -- like the movie -- to take flight.
Colin Asher2006-05-02T07:00:00Z2006-05-04T15:24:38Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=434Spilled JuiceBarry Bonds: From graceful base thief to pumped-up syringe-dart target.
Matthew Callan2006-04-10T07:00:00Z2006-06-25T04:49:20Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=430The Farther SideA conversation with Gary Larson heir apparent Nicholas Gurewitch about death, drawing and who'd win in a fight between a bear and a falcon.
Adam Bulger2006-04-10T07:00:00Z2006-06-13T16:37:34Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=429The Worst Book Fair EverReading, traveling and despairing in Southern India. Alexander Zaitchik2006-03-15T08:00:00Z2006-03-15T20:29:56Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=421Like the Euro, Terrorism Trending Upward in EuropePity the poor terrorist: Between Europe and the US, so many targets, so little time.Russ Wellen2006-03-02T08:00:00Z2006-04-28T14:53:33Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=415Poisonous FlowerIn hothouse of Middle-East, US nurtured fanatical Islam as hedge against Communism.Russ Wellen2006-01-27T08:00:00Z2006-01-27T14:36:20Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=407Repositories of "Numbing Verisimilitude"It's official: Thanks to MFAs in creative writing, there are now more writers than readers.Sam Sacks2005-12-06T08:00:00Z2005-12-06T21:50:59Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=395Undocumented Workers: The Least of Our Border ProblemsTerrorists bearing nuclear material set their GPS's for the Great Satan.Russ Wellen2005-12-01T08:00:00Z2005-12-02T19:05:38Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=393What Price Suffering--or Silence?Was the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund enacted to alleviate suffering or silence inquiry?Russ Wellen2005-10-12T07:00:00Z2005-10-12T14:42:29Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=384Kashmir: Falling Between the GapsSecuring media shelf space for an overlooked region.Sam Sacks2005-09-22T07:00:00Z2005-09-22T17:18:12Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=374Fathoming the UnfathomableMark Ames isolates a motive for school and workplace shootings.Russ Wellen2005-09-20T07:00:00Z2005-09-20T18:35:43Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=373Drawing Our Own Environmental ConclusionsIf Eskimos back drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, it can't be all bad, can it?Amos Esty2005-09-13T07:00:00Z2005-09-14T19:24:35Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=371Words of BloodJean Hatzfeld passes the mic to the killers of Rwanda.Russ Wellen2005-08-24T07:00:00Z2005-08-24T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=367Fifty Years of Sovereign Mis-RuleAll of post-colonial Africa in one book.Sam Sacks2005-08-11T07:00:00Z2005-08-11T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=361Nationalism Trumps TheologyIt's not just the 72 virgins.Jim Miles2005-06-27T07:00:00Z2005-06-27T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=346Blood, Sweat and SteelOn Andrew Carnegie and his controversial legacy.Sam Sacks2005-06-25T07:00:00Z2005-06-25T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=344Enough AppeasementWhy we need media criticism from 30,000 feet.Mark Ames2005-03-01T08:00:00Z2005-03-02T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=334Occupation Is HellWhores and hajis in the new Iraq, Christain Parenti reporting.Alexander Zaitchik2005-01-12T08:00:00Z2005-01-13T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=331War SupportAn in-depth look at what having to kill does to ordinary people, at a time when a lot of ordinary people are being asked to kill.Ken Mondschein2004-11-30T08:00:00Z2004-12-01T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=325Chain of CommandSeymour Hersh examines what most Americans have already swept under the rug.Alexander Zaitchik2004-11-08T08:00:00Z2004-11-10T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=317Save a Jew, Save Yourself!Sixty-five million Evangelicals can't be wrong.Mark Ames2004-10-25T07:00:00Z2004-10-26T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=316Ghosts of HarlemComing of age in the Other America.Michael Manville2004-10-02T07:00:00Z2004-10-02T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=315The Harvest of BeslanThe Chechen bloodbath and the growing specter of Christian fascism in Russia.Christopher Lord2004-09-07T07:00:00Z2004-09-07T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=310Target WellstoneDid electromagnetic sabotage bring down the plane of Dick Cheney's least favorite senator?Russ Wellen2004-09-07T07:00:00Z2004-09-23T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=3099/11 OmissionsWhat the 9/11 Commission Report says is almost as bad as what it doesn't say.Sander Hicks2004-08-31T07:00:00Z2004-09-01T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=30750 Years of DissentHalf a century after its founding, a look back at the measured dissent of Dissent quarterly.Alexander Zaitchik2004-08-24T07:00:00Z2004-08-26T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=306Big Fat Stupid White Man?Michael Moore is on the side of the angels, but do we really want his truth standards?Michael Manville2004-08-01T07:00:00Z2004-08-04T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=294Nightmare ScenarioThe most in-depth look yet at the threat of nuclear terrorism keeps one eye nervously on the prize. Alexander Zaitchik2004-07-31T07:00:00Z2004-08-04T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=295Through Different EyesAl Jazeera like you've never seen it before.Alexander Zaitchik2004-05-21T07:00:00Z2004-05-21T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=292Die Really HardJesus the jokester is just killing us, one flog at a time.Matt Taibbi2004-03-30T08:00:00Z2004-11-21T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=288Let Them Eat Bus FumesThe economics of American public transportation.Michael Manville2004-03-01T08:00:00Z2004-03-01T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=284Shell GamesCrude and cruelty in Nigeria.Michael Manville2004-02-03T08:00:00Z2004-03-29T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=280Number One With a BulletTwo takes on America unbound.Alexander Zaitchik2004-02-03T08:00:00Z2007-01-04T20:57:45Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=279Axis of Evil, The Baby PicturesIraq and North Korea in the 20th century.Alexander Zaitchik2004-02-02T08:00:00Z2007-01-04T21:13:56Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=282The Lost WorldsMark Mordue looks at Anna Funder's latest book.Mark Mordue2003-06-16T07:00:00Z2004-01-20T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=272The Clash of FundamentalismsA second edition worth celebrating.Alexander Zaitchik2003-05-02T07:00:00Z2003-05-02T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=270The Hydrogen FutureWhy the shift to a new energy paradigm can't wait.Alexander Zaitchik2003-01-23T08:00:00Z2003-01-23T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=259Double Suicide and the WestA French philosopher cuts quick and deep into September 11.Jonah Weiss2003-01-10T08:00:00Z2003-01-17T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=256Ol' Grandpa RedIf it's possible to suck the marrow out of a century, Eric Hobsbawm's breath smells like bone juice.Alexander Zaitchik2002-11-05T08:00:00Z2002-11-05T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=246Bombs AwaySwedish historian Sven Lindqvist on whistling while you wait.Alexander Zaitchik2002-10-27T07:00:00Z2003-02-12T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=242Attack of the PlatitudesThe Right regularly extols globalization with a barrage of banality. The Left, in a new video, sadly reciprocates. Is there no room for a more sophisticated vision?Michael Manville2002-08-26T07:00:00Z2002-08-28T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=220Bozos in BudapestArthur Phillips' expat novel Prague has gotten rave reviews, but the book is awful. Really awful.Alexander Zaitchik2002-08-08T07:00:00Z2002-08-26T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=215BBC World Dis-ServiceIt's the best known and most respected voice in international broadcasting. So why is their coverage of the 'War on Terror' so lousy?David Allen Forrester2002-02-25T08:00:00Z2002-10-18T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=182The New Medicine Show, In a Series of Ones and ZerosThere is a program that knows you are looking at this page right now--among other things.Matthew Callan2002-01-26T08:00:00Z2002-01-26T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=174Weapons of Mass DestructionA collection of essays looks at sanctions on Iraq and separates fact from fiction.Alexander Zaitchik2002-01-16T08:00:00Z2004-08-26T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=173Don't Touch That Dial, Central Asia Will Be Right BackThe Taliban is gone, but the forces that created it are still very much in play. A valuable book offers background for the storm ahead.Alexander Zaitchik2001-11-25T08:00:00Z2001-11-25T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=167The Leap BackwardsStanley Holditch examines the upcoming release of a new book that could set back the clock for environmentalism.Stanley Holditch2001-09-09T07:00:00Z2001-09-13T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=150Christ ComicsJesus, comic books and prank calls; a look into the world of Christian comic books.Adam Bulger2001-08-21T07:00:00Z2001-08-20T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=148Of Mates and MortalityA slightly belated reflection on Irvine Welsh's fifth and latest book.Alexander Zaitchik2001-08-07T07:00:00Z2001-08-07T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=144Resurrecting Hemingway the AnglerPublishing houses can't seem to let Hemingway rest in peace. This time, however, the American icon goes fishing, and the book succeeds.J.C. Gamble2001-06-30T07:00:00Z2001-06-28T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=137Radio Free BelgradeA new book explores the history of B-92, the underground radio station that helped topple Milosevic.Joshua Kucera2001-06-27T07:00:00Z2001-06-26T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=143The Science of ThingsIn our consumption-obsessed age, what we consume most may be information. A new book takes a look at who manufactures it.Michael Manville2001-06-27T07:00:00Z2001-06-27T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=141Democracy in EuropeCan Europe forge a truly democratic Union? Oxford's Larry Siedentop isn't holding his breath.Alexander Zaitchik2001-06-11T07:00:00Z2001-06-11T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=129Hitchens v. KissingerWill the defendant please rise. And will the prosecution please remove that silly wig.Alexander Zaitchik2001-05-14T07:00:00Z2001-05-14T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=124Of NASDAQ Quacks and Class WarTom Frank rides again.Alexander Zaitchik2001-05-11T07:00:00Z2001-05-11T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=122Of Bombs and LiesTwo years ago NATO bombed a non-aggressive, sovereign nation. A new collection looks at how the media helped beat the drums with disinformation.Alexander Zaitchik2001-03-29T08:00:00Z2001-03-30T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=115One Hundred Years of SolitudeJR McNeill looks at the earth, in the wake of its most tumultuous century yet.Michael Manville2001-02-26T08:00:00Z2001-02-26T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=110Cops Can ReadIf you haven't been reading <I>Police</I> magazine, you don't know what you've been missing.Adam Bulger2001-02-24T08:00:00Z2001-02-22T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=98Ken Burns, Scrimshaw FetishistKen Burns works up a 19 hour documentary on jazz, and leaves the 1960s and 70s to wait in the car.Matthew Callan2001-02-04T08:00:00Z2001-02-04T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=82Gonzo LettersThank you sir, may we have another. The new volume of Thompson letters soars.Alexander Zaitchik2001-01-29T08:00:00Z2001-01-29T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=81Selling Your Soul in a Buyer's MarketA new market has emerged which asks for higher sources of capitalistic inspiration and marketing models. Be afraid.Matthew Callan2001-01-12T08:00:00Z2001-01-12T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=63A Milestone, Not A Millstone: Mos Def and the Jack Johnson Band at RoselandMos Def recently debuted his new 'ghetto rock n' roll' outfit, the Jack Johnson Band, and it is equal parts rock and roll.Matthew Callan2000-12-27T08:00:00Z2000-12-27T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=109Of Nukes, Nuts and Tarot Cards: Reagan RevisitedFrances Fitzgerald's new book on Star Wars, Reagan and the end of the Cold War confirms our worst suspicions, and adds to them. Historical dynomite for strong stomachs.Alexander Zaitchik2000-11-27T08:00:00Z2000-11-27T08:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=97Read or DieTimothy Garten Ash, Susan George and William Leach walk into a bar... three bite sized review essays from the bottom of the Box.Alexander Zaitchik2000-09-16T07:00:00Z2000-09-16T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=79White SaleAs we roll past Labor Day, George W. Bush and Al Gore struggle to differentiate themselves from one another in the public's mind. If you have trouble telling them apart, look no further than their official campaign supply stores, georgewbushstore.com and goregear.com.Matthew Callan2000-09-08T07:00:00Z2000-09-07T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=77A New Millenium Dawns, and ArchieComics.com Hits the Snooze ButtonArchie Comics have been around for years, and it shows. Depsite their expansion onto the web via archiecomics.com, the omnipresent red-haired menace keeps his feet planted firmly in the 1950's.Matthew Callan2000-09-01T07:00:00Z2000-09-01T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=72Four Years of Living (Very) DangerouslyAnthony Loyd walked into the middle of Sarajevo in 1992 a naive British war tourist. He left a seasoned war correspondent with a soul of toughened leather. His remarkable memoir fills in the harrowing details.Alexander Zaitchik2000-06-21T07:00:00Z2000-06-20T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=62The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post-Cold WarRobert Kaplan is a professional downer. We are lucky to have him, but should be prepared to look beyond his hopeless worldview--its just blind idealism in reverse, and just as dangerous.Alexander Zaitchik2000-05-23T07:00:00Z2000-05-22T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=57Past is Prologue: Vonnegut's Last BookKurt Vonnegut's final book is a collection of short fiction from the 1950's. It goes down easy, but is likely to form a Kilgore Trout's parakeet sized lump in your soul.Alexander Zaitchik2000-04-19T07:00:00Z2000-04-19T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=37The Onion's Sweet ScentThe last thing The Onion needs is more effusive praise, but I'll just say this anyway: Our Dumb Century is a flat-out brilliant, milk-spurting-out-of-your-nose tour de force of razor blade studded, dangerously informed wrecking ball humor. There, it's out.Alexander Zaitchik2000-02-24T08:00:00Z-0001-11-30T07:52:58Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=25Bruce Lee: Champ or Cheese?Bruce Lee made four awful movies and died, and yet he fascinates all over the world. Davis Miller explores why in a new book.Alexander Zaitchik2000-02-24T08:00:00Z-0001-11-30T07:52:58Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=4Rorty Rallies the TroopsRichard Rorty has long wanted the academic Left to pull its head out of its ass and get in touch with mainstream America. His latest book points the way.John Walston2000-02-24T08:00:00Z-0001-11-30T07:52:58Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=3We Resist To WinBritain's greatest living journalist unmasks the Third Way.Nigel Leeds1999-04-14T07:00:00Z1999-04-14T07:00:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=14The Tin Drum: Language and the Collective MemoryThe history of this century has been "written" with images. In the "The Tin Drum" SchlÃndorff deliberately recreates visually similar images to those in "The Triumph of the Will" to make the formerly spectacular seem everyday, namely in a political demonstration that is thrown off by a drumbeat and dispersed by a downpour. Did someone in Oklahoma miss the point?John Muller1998-09-15T07:00:00Z-0001-11-30T07:52:58Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=39D.A.R.E. To Keep Our Government Off DrugsGary Webb of the San Jose Mercury News first published a series of articles connecting the CIA to Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers. His new book, Dark Alliance tells the whole story. You won't believe it, even thought you know it's true!Alexander Zaitchik1998-09-15T07:00:00Z2007-01-04T20:42:00Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=26Johnny, We Hardly Even Knew YouFor those too young to remember the presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the name tends to evoke an awkward admixture of myth and reality. With the November publication of Seymour Hersh's exhaustively researched and brilliantly executed 450-page revisionist analysis "The Dark Side of Camelot" you can loose the rose colored glasses.Jonah Weiss1998-09-15T07:00:00Z-0001-11-30T07:52:58Zhttps://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.php?id=10