Instead of fear, a chaotic economy in the West and upheavals elsewhere causing us to think nationally and turn inwards, now is actually the time to reach out towards other parts of the planet. Will this happen? Documentaries can help us move in this direction.

If good intentions and a lively imagination were all that counted, the documentary Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton would be a masterwork.

Few things attract people to move to a new community like beautiful parks. If there is such a thing as "secular religion" in America, our parks are its chapels.

With state budgets under attack, we in the arts are bracing for a familiar song: whether or not to fund arts in the schools.

In the wake of the revered Walter Cronkite's passing, I've attempted to isolate the ten best movies about journalism.