Articles by Rachel Hurn
December 29, 2011
Racist Tintin? 0
Does the Adventures of Tintin film conveniently avoid the comic books’ racist undertones?
December 29, 2011
To Train Up a Child 0
The self-proclaimed Christian parenting book, To Train Up a Child, has come under fire in the wake of the three child deaths. Critics started an online petition asking Amazon chief Jeff Bezos to stop selling the book; over 9,000 people have signed it.
December 29, 2011
Read Sugar? 0
Who is Sugar? Have you read her? Go Behind the Scenes of a Regular Sugar Reader.
December 29, 2011
PDT Cocktail Book 0
With New Year’s Eve looming, LA Weekly is forgoing their usual cookbook of the week in favor of a cocktail book–The PDT Cocktail Book by Jim Meehan and illustrator Chris Gall, the only beverage book that made it into their Best of 2011 “cookbook” list.
December 27, 2011
Do You Listen to Your Hunch? 0
Complex problems do not necessarily need complex solutions, and more detailed analysis does not necessarily improve a decision, but often makes it worse. In other words: sometimes it’s better to listen to your gut. What do you do?
December 27, 2011
The Words of E.B. White 0
E. B. White is one of those writers you are liable to meet again and again in the course of a reading life, each time wearing a different expression. To children, he is the author of Charlotte’s Web; to college students, he is half of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style. Later on, he [...]