Tony Soprano

Ryan Grim

WATCH: The Bain Bust Out: How Tony Soprano Explains Private Equity

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.24.2012

The national debate over private equity so far has hinged on the question of whether experience in the field qualifies Mitt Romney, the former Bain Ca...

Mitt Romney, Bain Capital, and Tony Soprano

Michael Takiff | Posted 05.21.2012

Michael Takiff

We know Mitt Romney believes in one thing: making money. We also know that he made tons of it -- not all his fortune, but not a trivial portion of it, either -- by immoral means.

Moline Loves Paul Simon, Plus Chatting With Bill Wyman, American Idol's James Durbin and Mastodon's Brann Dailor

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.17.2012

Mike Ragogna

Although it seems that Paul Simon has been on the road frequently over the last few years, his latest tour seems much more date-packed as he heralds his latest and one of the best albums of his career, So Beautiful Or So What.

WATCH: Fight On State Assembly Floor Over 'Sopranos'

Posted 08.16.2011

Life imitated art on the Assembly floor Wednesday when Assemblyman Don Wagner (R-Irvine) compared line items in the Democrats' budget plan to somethin...

From Cañon City to Maui: Ex-con Weldon Long's strange trip

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

It sounds like a tidy piece of inspirational fiction: A coke-snorting, booze-guzzling dropout squanders every opportunity in life, turns to ...

Tony Soprano To The Rescue As Gov't Faces Mob Threat

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Danny Schechter

Inside a transcript based On top secret National Security Agency surveillance tapes, Tony Soprano discusses the stimulus.

Why Men Don't Talk

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

Tom Matlack

Men don't talk because the very vocabulary for day-to-day life has been so dominated by a female frame of reference that we've lost the ability to explain ourselves in any meaningful way.

Mad Men Season 3: Inside Out

Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Matlack

The violence of Tony Soprano and swagger of Don Draper are a cover for the quiet desperation Matthew Weiner sees in all of us. They are liars who want to be what they are not.

What's Television Telling Us About American Men in Deep-uh-?

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

David Finkle

Maybe this is an overdue recognition that men -- traditionally socialized to be strong, to deny their flaws adamantly -- are finally able to come face to face with them.

Financial Crisis Goes Global, Slams into Europe

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Danny Schechter

People in the EU have politicized economic issues perhaps because of a more diverse media environment as well as the expectation that governments have a duty to protect their people.