Aug 12th, 2008 · There are 100,000 private military contractors in Iraq. Mercenary John Geddes explains why he thinks this is a good thing. His new book Highway to Hell is an account of his experiences in Iraq as a soldier for hire.
Aug 7th, 2008 · A B-movie of a B-movie, Hell Ride was intended to pay homage to bikesploitation flicks of yore. Critic Nathan Lee calls it a "witless sleazefest, violently tedious and aggressively irrelevant."
Jul 31st, 2008 · Between flight delays, security lines and bag charges domestic flights often feel like a trip through the nine circles of hell. Travelers aren't the only ones who are frustrated. The folks up in the cockpit have a lot to put up with too, as we hear from airline pilot Joe D'eon.
Jul 4th, 2008 · From the moment Huckleberry Finn sat on his raft and decided, "All right, then, I'll go to hell," great American books have featured people setting off on their own, bound for the new. Washington, D.C., writer, teacher and musician Will Layman offers three books about rebellion.
Jul 3rd, 2008 · The atmosphere at La Kabbr, the only Iraqi restaurant in the Big Apple, is often like an Iraqi house party, with people dancing, sipping chai, sharing plates and passing hookah pipes. On many Saturday nights, Iraqis longing for a taste of home fill the Hell's Kitchen hotspot.
Jul 3rd, 2008 · Music is traditional at a funeral, like "Mozart's Requiem" and "Amazing Grace." But, "Highway to Hell"? A cemetery manager in Adelaide, Australia, says he's getting more requests for classic rock than he is for classical music.
May 8th, 2008 · How could something look so bright, and move so fast, and still be so dull? Oh, right: The creators of The Matrix are involved.
Apr 13th, 2008 · Gypsy's antiherone is a woman boiling over with frustrated ambition, who channels all her energies into turning her daughters into stars woe be to anyone who gets in her way. Jeff Lunden has an appreciation.