What happens when the Islamic State isn’t defeated?

By Rowan Kane- Since overrunning swaths of Iraq from its strongholds in Syria earlier this summer, it’s been made relatively Continue reading →

To James Foley

By Rowan Kane- Death bookends Albert Camus’s L’Étranger. The novel begins with the protagonist, Meursault, finding out that his mother Continue reading →

Hey Cameron Diaz! Wanna Make a Real Difference?

Dear Cameron Diaz: For many years you’ve been a positive and happy highlight on the silver screen. You’re smart, funny, Continue reading →

Did Indonesia just out-democracy the US?

Indonesia is, in a lot of ways, very similar to the United States. It is just behind the US (3rd Continue reading →

Sykes-Picot and pretending you know something about the Middle East

By Rowan Kane- For almost a century two guys named Sykes and Picot have ruled over the Middle East. Maybe Continue reading →

Sport

By Louis Rives Sport was an odd thing in school, a semi-mandatory year wide expose of everyone’s physical ineptitude. For Continue reading →

Race and the American Myth

By Rowan Kane “All men are created equal.” Forgetting for a brief moment the contemporary paradox between those words and Continue reading →

£3.50

By Louis Rive Everyone had jobs as paperboys. Trekking aimlessly through the Edinburgh winter with Ikea catalogues and double-glazing sales Continue reading →