Victor Hugo

Ryan Budget Punishes the Poorest -- A Return to 'Les Miserables'?

Harlan Green | Posted 05.11.2012

Harlan Green

We know Victor Hugo's message is alive and well when Paul Ryan's latest budget proposal continues to punish the poorest for the sins of the wealthiest, who caused the Great Recession and have yet to be punished.

Famous Authors’ Bizarre Obsessions

Posted 02.21.2012

By Emily Temple for Flavorwire: We tend to put our favorite authors on a pedestal, and in some ways when we do that, we turn them into characters t...

Sarkozy Strikes Against Extreme-Right Party Seeking To Co-Opt Joan Of Arc

AP | MICHEL EULER | Posted 03.07.2012

DOMREMY-LA-PUCELLE, France — With a big dollop of patriotism, French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday struck back at far-right nationalists w...

Taylor Swift Gets The Break Of A Lifetime

Posted 03.05.2012

From heartbreak to Hugo: Taylor Swift is growing up. The country star has been offered the role of Eponine in the star-studded upcoming film adapta...

Hunchback of Notre Dame at Grace Cathedral New Year's Eve

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 02.27.2012

Thomas Gladysz

For more than a few years, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco has screened a silent film on New Year's Eve. The tradition continues in 2011 when the landmark Episcopal church offers two screenings of the 1923 classic, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

'Les Mis' To Hit Big Screen In 3D

Posted 11.19.2011

Whether you love them or hate them, Broadway musicals are known for their bombastic dramatics, and the upcoming film adaptation of 'Les Miserables,' t...

Media Live Up to Name as Game Changers in Spreading Arab Revolutions

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 07.06.2011

Magda Abu-Fadil

Any invasion of armies today is being met with an equally hard-hitting invasion of media to cover unfolding events -- often to the consternation of those who seek to suppress people.

Reflections on a Revolution -- Cairo, Egypt, 2011

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Clarence B. Jones

The events in Egypt represent a massive eloquent validation of the moral force and power of non-violent civil disobedience. Every participant in the Civil Rights Movement should shout, "We are all Egyptians today!"

Three Underappreciated Silent Film Classics

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

George Heymont

The Bay Area has a large and loyal base of silent film fans, many of whom will descend on the Castro Theatre this weekend for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival's annual winter event.

Proof? 'Real' Hunchback Of Notre Dame Uncovered

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

A U.K. archivist has uncovered clues that may prove Quasimodo -- the disfigured bell-ringer hero of Victor Hugo's 1831 classic "The Hunchback of Notre...

Chess Puzzles: Henri Rinck's Magical Rooks

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Lubomir Kavalek

Henri Rinck was one of the most prolific chess composers. His endgame studies were elegant, witty, entertaining, simple a beautiful.

Top 10 Seafaring Tales

The Guardian | Carsten Jensen | Posted 05.25.2011

"Given that men have sailed the seas for thousands of years, it's perhaps surprising how few great works of literature have been inspired by the seafa...

Do You Know Your 'Love Language'?

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Anne Naylor

This time of the year is one in which we are being showered with spiritual Light. This Light comes as a blessing: to let us see more clearly where we might have something to learn.

'Is There a Doctor in the House?'

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Cara Barker

Of all the words I've heard in the past few days, the ones that spoke most deeply to me were these aboard the returning Amtrak train to Seattle: "Is there a doctor on board?" Believe me, I was invested in the answer.

Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

Francesca Biller-Safran

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...