Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Commentary List
The list below creates easier access to commentaries and a compact overview of them. They are coded to approximate their major content: C=Culture, S=Society, P=Politics, and arranged into these rough categories— though these almost always overlap, something I have also … Continue reading
Art and Technology: Thomas Hart Benton’s “The Race”
Like many Americans of his age, the painter Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) spent much time obsessing about how the new Age of the Machine, epitomized by trains, was colliding with the passing of what could be called the Age of … Continue reading
“Race aside…” and the Limits of American Law
For many reasons this comment has stuck with me most in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s aquital in Trayvon Martin’s death: “Michael Vick got two and a half years for dog fighting. George Zimmerman gets nothing for his part in … Continue reading →