Its a Wonderful Life

To "Americans for Prosperity" Capitalism Is a Love Story

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

The only distinguishing feature of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "National Defending the American Dream Summit" was its astonishing homogeneity both in thought and in demography.

Old Man Cheney

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media


Jeffrey Feldman

Sean Hannity's interview with Dick Cheney serves as a kind of Tom Stoppard rendition of "It's a Wonderful Life" that might take place after the lights came up and the audience left the theater.

Exit Stage Right: Cheney Wheels Off to Thunderous Applause

Randall Amster | Posted 03.02.2009 | Comedy


Randall Amster

Yes folks, that was Dick Cheney, born-again ADA activist and differently-abled former dictator, heading off to an (un)disclosed location for the final time.

It Is a Wonderful Life

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 01.24.2009 | Living


Jamie Lee Curtis

What this crisis is going to do is bring us into financial alignment. Neighbors are going to meal share and carpool and child care -- less indoor gym workouts and more family outdoor time.

George Bailey and the Darkness on the Edge of Town

Tom Watson | Posted 01.24.2009 | Entertainment


Tom Watson

It's A Wonderful Life has a dark, brooding heart and it openly questions in brutal terms the complaisance of small-town life just after the world's worst-ever conflict, a war that snuffed out tens of millions of people.

Humbug -- I Wish

Wendy Block | Posted 01.22.2009 | Style


Wendy Block

This year, my normally fruitless efforts to find good fruitcake finally paid off with a sturdy confection whose cherry/pecan/cake ratio is nearly perfect.

"It's A Wonderful Life" Is Actually Terrifying: NYT

New York Times | Posted 01.20.2009 | Entertainment


"It's a Wonderful Life" is a terrifying, asphyxiating story about growing up and relinquishing your dreams, of seeing your father driven to the grave...

It's a Wonderful Life Explains the Financial Crisis

Charles H. Green | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business


Charles H. Green

Is it really that simple? How could Hollywood possibly get something so much more right than the risk-meisters of Wall Street?

It's a Wonderful Election

Steven Weber | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Steven Weber

As simply as the lines are drawn between good and bad in Capra's classic, so are they drawn in this election. It has become clear which of the movie's characters comes closest to being identified with McCain.