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When August: Osage County, an astounding large-scale familial drama burst on Broadway, it trumpeting the arrival of Tracy Letts, who won the Pulitzer Prize. By contrast, his follow-up effort, Superior Donuts, is a quiet meditation on fathers and sons, hope and hopelessness. This round, Letts went smaller, more intimate. Though...
RJ Eskow | Posted November 11, 2009 | Politics
People who label Malik Hasan a "terrorist," like Joe Lieberman just did, literally don't understand the meaning of the word. And how can they keep us safe from terrorism if they don't even know what it is?
Here's what Sen. Lieberman said: ""There are very, very strong warning...
Daniel Altschuler | Posted November 11, 2009 | World
The stakes for the United States in the Honduran political crisis are higher than ever. At the end of October, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, celebrated the unprecedented overturning of a coup through dialogue. That assessment has now proved naïve, and the State Department finds itself in the awkward...
Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted November 10, 2009 | Green
The pig has hit the fan in our household. My poor husband is laid up with H1N1 and I am playing both nursemaid and quarantine agent as my currently-well children are desperately trying to get to daddy so they can help him with his “owies.” All of this sickness and...
Andy Sernovitz | Posted November 10, 2009 | Business
Dear Insurance Company:
I just received an "urgent" email from you, with a desperate plea to call my Congressman and oppose health care reform.
I've sent you $5,000 a month for 10 years. And you never so much as said hello.
Now you and your incompetent grass-roots team expect us...
Chris Holt | Posted November 10, 2009 | Comedy
In the heart of a community where political statements occur on t-shirts and in bay windows, it is best to be dressed to impress. Especially when purchasing groceries.
You don't just go to Whole Foods to pick up groceries. The only place you're guaranteed to run into someone with...
Bob Woodruff | Posted November 10, 2009 | Politics
This Veterans Day, as we honor those who defend our country, our thoughts are with the injured overseas and here, at Fort Hood. While the facts are still developing, this tragedy exposes the true toll of war's hidden injuries -- not only on our nation's service members, but on the...
Paul Begala | Posted November 10, 2009 | Politics
Democrats who may be worried about the 2010 congressional races have a long shot hero this Veterans' Day in a most unlikely place: Rush Limbaugh's home congressional district, the 8th District of Missouri.
The southeast corner of Missouri reared Rush, but it may be about to redeem itself. This...
Christal Smith | Posted November 11, 2009 | Impact
Perhaps you think a photography book on Iraqi soldiers that comes out on Veterans Day is predictable, and that's too bad because what you are about to see is not.
To say that the faces of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team are haunting sounds trite and also predictable. Especially...
Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted November 11, 2009 | Entertainment
Afghanistan is a nasty, dangerous place. When a journalist covering that war, I'm hounded by the thought, "I could at any second be torn to shreds." Several weeks ago at the Woodstock Film Festival watching The Tiger Next Door, it occurred to me, "I could be torn to shreds...
Lloyd Greif | Posted November 10, 2009 | World
Eight months into President Barack Obama's administration, his Middle East peace "road map" is crystal clear. First, he dialed down the pressure on Iran, whose nuclear weapons program presents an existential threat to Israel. Second, he shifted the blame for Islamic extremism to Israel and solely blamed it for the...
Damien Hoffman | Posted November 10, 2009 | Business
Jim Rogers is one of the most respected investors in the world. I had a chance to chat with him the other morning to get more details about some of his recent comments in the...
Jeff Rivera | Posted November 10, 2009 | Entertainment
Jeff Rivera is an entertainment reporter who blogs about young Hollywood celebrities . He is also the author of the novel, Forever My Lady(Grand Central Publishing). For...
Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted November 10, 2009 | Entertainment
Jahvid Best is the amazing running back for the University of California Golden Bears football team. He is known for his abilities both on and off the field.
On November 7th as his team battled Oregon State University in a fierce Pac-10 battle, Best...
Mika Brzezinski makes a series of harmful assumptions in her article "Don't Forget to Have Kids." Not only does she inform aspiring young career women that the "greatest gift" a woman can receive is children, she warns that it is unlikely any of them will find a suitable man. These...
Dan Solin | Posted November 10, 2009 | Business
Morningstar, Inc., which describes itself as a "trusted source for insightful information on ...mutual funds..." has issued an illuminating report. It is entitled "The Morningstar Box Score Report" and it covers mutual fund performance through the first half of 2009.
Here's the bottom line:
For the three year period...
David Wild | Posted November 11, 2009 | Entertainment
I grew up in Northern New Jersey, which last time I looked is slightly north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Yet thanks to my late great dad -- an early and vocal proponent of Jewgrass -- my first ever concert was seeing the still brilliant Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at Carnegie...
Joanne Bamberger | Posted November 10, 2009 | Politics
For years, we've had our eye on the Supreme Court, wondering with each new judicial appointment how that person would add to the mix on the longevity of reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion. Who knew that some dude named Bart Stupak would be the one to...
The bonds established between mothers and children are sacred. Mothers provide unconditional love, caring and support, and they teach their children to live in the world with a sense of purpose. But life circumstances oftentimes get in the way of relationships and...
Cameron Sinclair | Posted November 10, 2009 | Impact
This year an organization I co-founded celebrated its tenth year. Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit design services firm, is made up of a network of thousands of design and building professionals willing to lend time and expertise to help those who would not otherwise be able to afford their services....
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Fern Siegel | Posted November 11, 2009 | New York