EXCLUSIVE: Voyeurism, naked women in bathtubs, orgies, ramped up violence! Nothing was off limits during Hollywood’s 1930s pre-censorship era when sex and sin ruled the big screen
Between 1930-1934, a progressive era in Hollywood had a relaxed code of censorship which allowed sin to rule the movies. Violence, nudity and profanity were rarely off limits in that four-year span, now known as the ‘pre-code era’.
Basilica de la Sagrada Familia: Folly or Masterpiece?
Masterpiece. Next Question.
American Occupation
Brave dissenters willing to defy an oppressive orthodoxy are our country’s best hope
Lithium ion batteries going cobalt-free; nickel next on the chopping block
In an effort to bring down costs, General Motors, Tesla, Nissan and other automakers have pledged to start building cars with cobalt-free lithium ion batteries.
I remember in 1979 working on reducing the amount of cobalt added as a nutrient in cattle feed because of instability in Africa and the skyrocketing cobalt prices that resulted. The more things change the more they stay the same.
How to Sharpen a Knife
A dull knife is a dangerous knife; keep yourself and those around you safe by learning how to properly sharpen your blade.
How do you mourn the end of a friendship?
What happens when you lose a friend you loved — and maybe still love? The person is not gone; They’re still alive and presumably well. But the relationship? Dead. What are the mechanics of grief there?
The End of Progressive Intellectual Life
How the foundation-NGO complex quashed innovative thinking and open debate, first on the American right and now on the center left