By • Feb 20,2010

Mullah Baradar: The confusion grows

US and Pakistani agents captured the Taliban #2 in the southern port of Karachi, far from the Afghan border. We know that much, but we don’t know the real story....

By • Feb 19,2010

'Shutter Island' review

The first trailer for Shutter Island was something of a head-turner: “Wait a second … that looks an awful lot like Martin Scorsese has made a horror film.” And indeed...

By • Feb 19,2010

Top political movies

My one-time colleague and all-time Hoya superfan Chris Cillizza, a/k/a Washington Post‘s “The Fix,” recently asked for readers to submit their favorite political movies of all time. Instead of commenting,...

By • Feb 19,2010

Gilbert Arenas, cont.

If I can channel my inner Nikki Finke for a moment: TOLDJA! But when Agent Zero returns to the NBA, Washington team president Ernie Grunfeld expects it to be with...

By • Feb 18,2010

RIP Arnold Beichman

I didn’t know Arnold Beichman — he was talked about in the Weekly Standard offices with an odd mixture of awe and good humor — but I did know his...