Commentary - America's Future

By David Donadio • Dec 24,2008

It’s a Wonderful Life, and a lousy lesson in lending policy

Leave it to the mortgage market implosion to ruin It’s a Wonderful Life. I feel like part of me is dying as I write this, but the subprime debacle sure...

By David Donadio • Dec 24,2008

David Gest does not have herpes, and other newspaper errors

A funny year-end roundup of newspaper errors here, courtesy of Jim Romenesko. Personal favorites: The Guardian: Gore Vidal was once head-butted by Norman Mailer, not the other way round. Vidal...

By David Donadio • Dec 24,2008

Soft-core porn Yule Log

Happy holidays, all. Alessandra Stanley’s got a funny one here on the postmodern Yule Log: It seems like cheating, or bad karma, but it’s possible to have a yule log...

By David Donadio • Dec 23,2008

Die, hipsters!

Enjoy. Enjoy even more if you’ve run out of work for the day. (Hat tip: JJ)

By Sonny Bunch • Dec 23,2008

The Decider

No, it’s not George Bush: It’s Congress. From John Schwenkler’s new digs: The problems of the retailers and the toymakers are beside the point, Colangelo said. “Congress decided these toys...

By Daniel Kennelly • Dec 23,2008

The Warren pick

John McWhorter: “Overall, expecting Obama to treat social conservatism as beyond the pale proposes that Obama dismiss a frame of reference typical, whether many of us like it or not,...