Holiday movies offer a few lumps of coal Film critic David Edelstein surveys season's offerings at the multiplex and brings tidings of great annoyance Dec 23, 2012
Carolyn McCarthy: We owe it to gun victims Congresswoman who lost husband to gun violence says Americans must enact reasonable gun safety restrictions, like we do with cars, food and medicine Dec 17, 2012
Stein: Eliminating mortgage deduction is "foolish" Says we should have the rich pay more in tax, because they're RICH, rather than eliminate means for middle-class to buy and keep their homes Dec 9, 2012
Edelstein on the ravishingly strange "Life of Pi" Ang Lee's 3-D tale of a young man and a tiger adrift at sea revels in the transformative power of storytelling Nov 25, 2012
R.I.P. Hostess MTV's Bill Flanagan muses on people who rejoice now that Hostess, the maker of sugary snacks, is no more Nov 18, 2012
Ben Stein: The GOP will come back Says despite big mistakes, the Republican Party can renew itself by welcoming more of our multi-cultural, multi-racial democracy Nov 11, 2012
David Edelstein on Spielberg's inspiring "Lincoln" Says new film starring Daniel Day-Lewis is true to the 16th president's spirit, intelligence and wit Nov 4, 2012
Conor Knighton on TV's obsession with rednecks Says the flood of cable offerings like "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" may only perpetuate stereotypes about Southerners Oct 21, 2012
Faith Salie is REALLY worked up over "Really?" Pop culture's pithiest put-down has become the go-to comeback of the unimaginative Oct 14, 2012
Who won the presidential debate? We did Ben Stein: Wednesday's duel between Obama and Romney was the least rancorous, most fact-filled, good-natured debate he'd ever seen Oct 7, 2012
School doze: Time to rethink the start of classes Commentary: Lauren Daisley says students are so sleep-deprived the traditional start of the school day just doesn't work anymore Sep 21, 2012
Divisive partisanship: Yes, we built that "Daily Show" writer Kevin Bleyer says the Framers of the Constitution did not mention political parties, and now we know why Sep 9, 2012
David Edelstein: Gems in the movies' dog days Film critic finds few bright spots among late-summer offerings at the multiplex, and via Video on Demand Sep 4, 2012
Nancy Giles: What's so polarizing about hair? Everyone had an opinion about Gabby Douglas' hair when she won Olympic gold, but the only opinion that counts is her own Aug 23, 2012
Ben Stein: Stricter gun laws won't cut shootings Compared to cities with strict gun control and a lot of gun violence, Northern Idaho offers easy gun ownership - and few gun deaths Aug 19, 2012
Commentaries
Holiday movies offer a few lumps of coal
Film critic David Edelstein surveys season's offerings at the multiplex and brings tidings of great annoyance
Carolyn McCarthy: We owe it to gun victims
Congresswoman who lost husband to gun violence says Americans must enact reasonable gun safety restrictions, like we do with cars, food and medicine
Stein: Eliminating mortgage deduction is "foolish"
Says we should have the rich pay more in tax, because they're RICH, rather than eliminate means for middle-class to buy and keep their homes
Edelstein on the ravishingly strange "Life of Pi"
Ang Lee's 3-D tale of a young man and a tiger adrift at sea revels in the transformative power of storytelling
R.I.P. Hostess
MTV's Bill Flanagan muses on people who rejoice now that Hostess, the maker of sugary snacks, is no more
Ben Stein: The GOP will come back
Says despite big mistakes, the Republican Party can renew itself by welcoming more of our multi-cultural, multi-racial democracy
David Edelstein on Spielberg's inspiring "Lincoln"
Says new film starring Daniel Day-Lewis is true to the 16th president's spirit, intelligence and wit
Conor Knighton on TV's obsession with rednecks
Says the flood of cable offerings like "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" may only perpetuate stereotypes about Southerners
Faith Salie is REALLY worked up over "Really?"
Pop culture's pithiest put-down has become the go-to comeback of the unimaginative
Who won the presidential debate? We did
Ben Stein: Wednesday's duel between Obama and Romney was the least rancorous, most fact-filled, good-natured debate he'd ever seen
School doze: Time to rethink the start of classes
Commentary: Lauren Daisley says students are so sleep-deprived the traditional start of the school day just doesn't work anymore
Divisive partisanship: Yes, we built that
"Daily Show" writer Kevin Bleyer says the Framers of the Constitution did not mention political parties, and now we know why
David Edelstein: Gems in the movies' dog days
Film critic finds few bright spots among late-summer offerings at the multiplex, and via Video on Demand
Nancy Giles: What's so polarizing about hair?
Everyone had an opinion about Gabby Douglas' hair when she won Olympic gold, but the only opinion that counts is her own
Ben Stein: Stricter gun laws won't cut shootings
Compared to cities with strict gun control and a lot of gun violence, Northern Idaho offers easy gun ownership - and few gun deaths
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