Revenge

Why Nab Roman Polanski Now? Revenge

Michael Wolff | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Wolff

There is nothing inevitable about catching a famous person who has not been in hiding after 31 years. Indeed, he didn't just riskily or mistakenly show up in Switzerland; he owned a house there.

If It's The Last Thing I DOOOO!!!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 11.21.2009 | Comedy


Jilly Gagnon

The revenge literature would have you believe that the only way to truly savor your moment of deliverance is to have waited for it for a long. They tell you this because they want to sell your story to Lifetime.

Another Way to See "Inglourious Basterds"

Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.27.2009 | Entertainment


Mark Blankenship

Maybe I'm alone here, but I say Inglorious Basterds is about something more.

Revenge, European Style

Eva Nagorski | Posted 08.23.2009 | Style


Eva Nagorski

Europe's political wives are no longer standing by their men. In fact, they're more inclined to stand anywhere where they can give them a good clean kick in the derriere.

Just Fired or Downsized? Feel Like Getting Revenge on the Boss? It Seems You're Not Alone

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business


Stephen Viscusi

Lately, it seems that bridges are built to be burned. The internet has made getting revenge easy today. Lose your job, start a blog. Hate your boss, shout it out on Facebook or Twitter.

The Virtue of Hate

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living


Marty Kaplan

Psychologists say that carrying hostility around can kill us. Wanting someone to rot in hell, we are told, does more damage to ourselves than to the objects of our anger. Healing comes from letting go of the hatred. Really?

In Iraq: Forget Michael Goldfarb, Remember Inigo Montoya

David Quigg | Posted 02.21.2009 | Media


David Quigg

As Andrew Sullivan noted in the earliest hours of the Obama presidency, It only took Michael Goldfarb twenty-two minutes to start blaming Obama for Iraq.

Beyond Revenge on NPR's "Speaking of Faith" this Weekend (Nov 6-12, 2008)

Michael E. McCullough | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media


Michael E. McCullough

Quick note to let everybody know that this week's edition of the NPR show "Speaking of Faith" is an interview with yours truly about the science behin...

The Revenge Instinct and the Bailout Package

Michael E. McCullough | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Michael E. McCullough

There's a really nice piece by Ben Carey in the New York Times today about the role of the revenge instinct in people's responses to the Wall Street b...

Wall Street Punishment: The Insatiable Urge To Find Accountability

New York Times | Benedict Carey | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business


The public urge for punishment that helped delay the passage of Washington's economic rescue plan is more than a simple case of Wall Street loathing, ...

Sex Differences in Revenge and the "Pit Bull with Lipstick" Meme, or Hath Hell No Fury Like a Woman Robbed?

Michael E. McCullough | Posted 10.22.2008 | Home


Michael E. McCullough

A lipstick-adorned pit bull who hunts big game and shoots wolves from an airplane. Unless you've been in a coma for the past month, you've probably n...

Presidential Pardon

Michael E. McCullough | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics


Michael E. McCullough

The ability to control revenge and broker forgiveness among groups in conflict is a crucial, though underappreciated, element of statecraft. We need a president who can rebuild our reserves of this resource.

Batman & Robin (1997): Why George Clooney is the Worst Batman

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.30.2008 | Entertainment


Erik Lundegaard

Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin pulls off a neat trick: it turns Batman into a joke without being funny at all.