I Heroic icons produced by the story of American history have often been put to use in the service of the office of the presidency, typically to harmonize as well as possible the President’s preexisting personality traits or image with a ready-made figure evocative of “the real America” or “what America is all about.“
In 1937, the British leftist organization the Left Book Club published George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier, which they had commissioned as an investigation into the bleak living and working conditions of the working class in the industrial north of England.
On Monday, February 7th, The Straddler traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak with Dean Baker at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, where he is co-director.
The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming novel by Peter Davis, GIRL OF MY DREAMS.
“What a blessing, then, to own trousers which fit properly.” In March and April of 2011, The Straddler presented its second theatrical production, Trousers, by Dan Monaco, at IRT Theater in Manhattan.
On February 21, 2011, The Straddler met with Peter Temin at his office at MIT to seek his perspective on recent events and, more generally, the field of economics.
The English mod-revival punk band, The Jam, has a line that sums up the struggle for workplace rights: “Stop dreaming of the quiet life because it’s one you’ll never know.
KATHERINE HOLMES Midwinter Ghosts A midwinter dustbowl the dry-ice lake.
On the afternoon of Sunday, April 3rd, The Straddler and several of its contributors gathered at IRT Theater in Manhattan to put on a show.
Getting Personal The days with the manuscripts were long. I would walk in boldly, hoping to conquer her hand before it conquered me.
