Letters at 3AM: A Night in Barcelona
The collision between human truths and political truths results in no truth
Michael Ventura
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Columns, June 18, 2010
Letters at 3AM: In the Margins of Oligarchy
Society is created by a mass of individual choices
Columns, June 4, 2010
Letters at 3AM: A Paradox of Oligarchy
'Am I my brother's keeper?' is the fundamental question of government
Columns, May 21, 2010
Letters at 3AM: Of Tiers and Tears
The isolation of the Professional Tier is the single most destructive element in American society today
Columns, May 7, 2010
Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy (Continued)
The American Oligarchy has been growing for decades, and we've been its enablers
Columns, April 23, 2010
Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy
'Oligarchy' is a big, bad word that defines the country we still call a republic
Columns, April 9, 2010
Letters at 3AM: 'Roadie': 30 Years Later
The screenwriter of Roadie visits his younger, more serious self
Columns, March 26, 2010
Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill
Hollywood is an electric dragon
Columns, March 12, 2010
Letters at 3am: Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow
For many American families, one salary is not enough to keep everyone in the household fed
Columns, Feb. 26, 2010
Letters at 3AM: Open Letter to Sharon Doubiago
The reason I can't read Sharon Doubiago's book is that I, like she, was shaped by incest and rape
Columns, Feb. 12, 2010
Letters at 3AM: Behold The Maslin
The Maslin is not a person but, rather, a function of virtually every book-review staff in the Western world
Columns, Jan. 29, 2010
Letters at 3AM: Critical to the Success
Pakistani public opinion runs strongly against the United States, even though our president insists we're partners fighting a common enemy
Columns, Jan. 15, 2010
Letters at 3AM: My Top 10 of All Top 10s
A list of the Top 10 cultural artifacts that have shaped my life
Columns, Jan. 1, 2010
Letters at 3AM: Conditions on the Ground
This is no war on terror; we're taking sides in a civil war
Columns, Dec. 18, 2009
Letters at 3AM: The Numbers This Time
There exist co-enabling models of therapeutic and addictive wars
Columns, Dec. 4, 2009
Letters at 3AM: Auschwitz Up the Block
To retain our humanity, we remember the unthinkable
Columns, Nov. 20, 2009
Letters at 3AM: Johnny and Speedy
John Ertha was the first in my experience to embody the passion, courage, mind, and rascality that could be: a man
Columns, Nov. 6, 2009
Letters at 3AM: Georges Méliès' Tricks and Treats
Creating the possibility that anything could happen onscreen was the great contribution of Georges Méliès
Columns, Oct. 23, 2009
Letters at 3AM: The Missiles of October
Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Columns, Oct. 9, 2009
Letters at 3AM: The Script Needs a Rewrite
Cinema history as it's been commonly taught is just plain wrong
Columns, Sept. 25, 2009
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Camps and Rats
Columns, Sept. 11, 2009
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Coming, Aphrodite!
Columns, Aug. 28, 2009
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A Drag, a Sip, a Labyrinth
Columns, Aug. 14, 2009
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The Garden and the Moon
Columns, July 31, 2009
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A Paperback at Woodstock
Columns, July 17, 2009
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Something Absurd in Between
Columns, July 3, 2009
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From Window Rock to Albuquerque
Columns, June 19, 2009
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A Dance to the Music of Time
Columns, June 5, 2009
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The Mom, the Book, the Kid, and the Nun
Columns, May 22, 2009
Letters at 3AM
'Where Is Your Faith?'
