‘In Another Country,’ A Chance To Explore The Self
It’s never quite safe to trust your eyes — or your memory — when it comes to In Another Country, …
Between Friends, Age Is Nothing But A Number
In two of her most prominent early roles — as Woody Allen’s teenage girlfriend in Manhattan and as Dorothy Stratten, …
‘Lincoln’: A Great Emancipator, But Not Quite A Saint
This election season, pundits have been fond of pointing out the near-50/50 split of the electorate and talking about how …
Circus Roboticus, Or: This Actor Is A Serious Heavyweight
Whenever the military rolls out some revolutionary new robot, folks are quick with the Skynet jokes. But in recent years, …
Likely Suspects: Guessing Obama’s Second-Term Cabinet
Every second-term president has to rebuild some or all of his Cabinet as high-profile members often time their resignations with …
CBO Warns Again: Ignoring Fiscal Cliff Could Result In Recession
The so-called fiscal cliff is a double-edged sword, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says in a new report issued today. …
What Health-Minded Smartphone Users Have In Common With Obama Voters
Maybe I’ve got too many election results on my brain. But the Pew Research Center’s report about how people are …
For Religious Conservatives, Election Was A ‘Disaster’
Many religious conservatives thought this might be the year of an evangelical comeback, when voters would throw President Obama out …
Florida’s Most Populous County Finishes Vote Count
It only took two extra days, but Florida’s Miami-Dade County has finished counting votes in the presidential election. Supervisor of …
‘Crushing Eastern Europe’ Behind The ‘Iron Curtain’
If you read Anne Applebaum’s Iron Curtain as a manual on how to take over a state and turn it …
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