As long as I can remember, there has been a war on Christmas. Usually it’s godless heathens with the nerve…
Go Green or Go Home
There’s been a slight surge in the debate on global warming with the super typhoon that swept through the Philippines…
Riddle #6
Tempos tempered to focus the fight. Crystal control, critical clarity. Tunnels teeming on overdrive for flight. Peripheral portals, prone and…
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” Review
“Catching Fire” has a lot of major improvements over the first Hunger Games film. Like many sagas, having the foundation…
Riddle #5
Countless fathers watching endless sons. Passing fault and nobility by blood. Distance for the coming of age. Find a cadence…
Riddle #4
Glass carving veins. Blood channeling down a face. Without heart to regulate aim. Another world at hands embrace. Swallowing the…
Stockholm Syndrome
Stockholm syndrome: “A psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy or sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes…
Riddle #3
These characters spill across pages. A terror creeping in stages. First a friend, An ally staving the end. Entertaining petty…
“Gravity” Review
Simplicity never looked so good. “Gravity” is a film as straightforward and focused as its’ title, with a single camera…
Riddle #2
Cast is the die that fuels this fire. Hiding in holes to plot and conspire. Young, naïve, blissfully inspired. Orchestrating…
The worst game of chicken
By now you’ve heard of the heroic efforts of Ted Cruz and congressional Republicans threatening to not fund the government…
Riddle #1
Depths for those lacking soul. A rim lifeless, a pit without bones. Ashes upon ashes, The earth rotting from the…
Letter from the Editor
Hello students new and old, faithful readers, and casual consumers alike. The Flip side is a 1st amendment publication that…
This American Dream
The gilded age in American history was a period of enormous economic expansion as well as unprecedented income inequality and…
The Syrian Catch-22
I understand the knee jerk reaction to the debate on Syria. On paper it is a situation very similar to…
“The World’s End” Review
“This is The End” has officially been one upped for the title of the year’s funniest film. “The World’s End”…
“Elysium” Review
Of course I had to see “Elysium” since it was being decried as socialist propaganda. The word Elysium is derived…
“The Wolverine” Review
What a relief I had viewing this film. “X-men Origins: Wolverine” was the most disappointing film I have ever seen,…
“Pacific Rim” Review
Gundams and Godzilla with a kick of Dragon Ball Z. If that sounds great to you, Pacific Rim is…
Big Brother is Always Watching
No one should be surprised by the knowledge Edward Snowden leaked. After 9/11, we churned out an 8 trillion-dollar governmental leviathan which created dozens of…
As AJ Thinks 