‘Boy Kills World’ Review: A Wide-Eyed Assassin

‘Boy Kills World’ Review: A Wide-Eyed Assassin

At least give it up for the stunt crew on “Boy Kills World,” a boneheaded action movie that gives some exceedingly fit performers — its hard-body star Bill Skarsgard very much included — a chance to flaunt their physical skills. To judge from all the grunting, the straining muscles and cascading sweat, Skarsgard, along with … Read more

How Salman Rushdie survived his assassin

How Salman Rushdie survived his assassin

For over three decades, author Salman Rushdie had wondered when (or if) an assassin would come for him.  In 1988, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini declared his novel “The Satanic Verses” blasphemous and issued a fatwa (or Islamic ruling) calling for Rushdie’s death. Even musician (and convert to Islam) Cat Stevens — who wrote the iconic tune … Read more

President Garfield’s assassin Charles Guiteau was one of history’s first incels

President Garfield’s assassin Charles Guiteau was one of history’s first incels

When President James Garfield was gunned down at the Washington, DC, train station in 1882, his assassination came at the hand of a man who was arguably one of history’s first incels: Charles Guiteau.  Guiteau wasn’t unable to find love only in the real world — he also failed to find it at the Oneida … Read more