Living for the City: Robert Clifton Weaver’s Liberalism Living for the City: Robert Clifton Weaver’s Liberalism
A biography of Robert Clifton Weaver traces the life and times of an often misunderstood urban reformer.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Richard Kim and Sarah Posner on the Obama's controversial embrace of Rick Warren. Plus: Ari Berman on Howard Dean's legacy and more.
Dec 22, 2008 / Radio Nation
The Fed Makes Money The Fed Makes Money
Banks have stopped lending money, so the Federal Reserve is printing more. That's the wrong way to resolve our economic crisis.
Dec 22, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
On the Waterfront On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg used this gritty tale of corruption on the New York waterfront to help put a positive spin on ratting out their colleagues.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Nossiter
Citizen Kane Citizen Kane
Frequently listed as the greatest film ever made, Orson Welles's masterpiece is also a thinly veiled biopic of William Randolph Hearst.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Anthony Bower
Nashville Nashville
The quintessential Robert Altman film featured a cast of hundreds and about an equal number of subplots, but who's complaining?
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Dog Day Afternoon Dog Day Afternoon
Sidney Lumet finds the soul of New York City in a bank robbery that goes comically--and tragically--awry.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Wings of Desire Wings of Desire
Angels look for love in some very odd places and discover among other things, a lonely trapeze artist and the real-life Peter Falk (sans raincoat).
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Baumbach
Obama’s Philosophy: Play It Cool Obama’s Philosophy: Play It Cool
The president-elect's seemingly unflappable temperament gets spoofed by SNL's Fred Armisen.
Dec 22, 2008 / Saturday Night Live