David Frost

Babes in TortureLand

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics


Rory O'Connor

Is waterboarding torture? And if so, is it illegal -- even when the president condones it? Or are there no limits to what a president can do, even if it's patently illegal?

George W. Bush is Not a Very Interesting Person

Benjamin Hart | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics


Benjamin Hart

When George W. Bush talks, there's not a trace of that sort of that Nixonian psychodrama -- or of the Nixonian playfulness.

Sympathy for the Devil: Frost/Nixon and the Politics of Reconciliation

Daniel Frick | Posted 01.15.2009 | Entertainment


Daniel Frick

The release of Frost/Nixon... offers yet another chance to explore our obsession with this man who, for many, functions as America's Satan.

Frost/Nixon: A Dishonorable Distortion of History

Elizabeth Drew | Posted 01.14.2009 | Entertainment


Elizabeth Drew

The film's plot is a contrivance -- its telling is so riddled with departures from what actually happened as to be fundamentally dishonest; and its climactic moment is purely and simply a lie.

Michael Sheen Talks Stage-To-Screen Role As David Frost

LA Times | Posted 01.04.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Sheen, who played talk show host David Frost both on stage and now in the upcoming screen version of "Frost/Nixon," knows that the transition ...

Frost/Nixon: Nixon Comes Alive

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

Ron Howard's film doesn't make me wish I'd seen the Broadway play on which it is based. Just the opposite: I was glad to come to it fresh, without a preconception about what it could, should or would be.

When It's Illegal And The President Does It, It's Still Illegal

James P. Hoffa | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


James P. Hoffa

Last week, the Bush administration extended the illegal and reckless plan allowing unsafe trucks from Mexico on our highways for another two years. Those plans are nothing short of illegal.