Oleanna Condition:Like New we often get tripped up

we often get tripped up by self-defeating habits and emotions

designer style…and new lies

The Roman Empire did not meet its end when barbarians sacked the City of Seven Hills

In this tale of two Muslim sisters Monica Ali explores how they live out

all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers

Oleanna Condition:Like New we often get tripped upIn David Mamet's latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the participants in a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless pupil turns into a fiendishly accurate X ray of the mechanisms of power,