David Brooks
War Room
Who is Newt’s sugar daddy really helping?
Sheldon Adelson will apparently plunk down another $10 million for the pro-Gingrich super PAC
David Brooks
TV
Jack Donaghy fears the 99 percent
Occupy Wall Street sneaks into "30 Rock" and "The Office." How does the movement avoid becoming just a punchline?
Movies
Tim and Eric’s comedy of repulsion
In their new movie, the cult comics push the limits of human vulnerability -- and generate laughs from nerves
VIDEO
Big Romney donor uses threats to silence critics
Frank VanderSloot, Romney finance co-chair, suppresses scrutiny by threatening reporters and bloggers
Television
“Eastbound and Down” heads to the Redneck Riviera
Minor-league players are big-league fools -- and even worse parents -- in the HBO comedy's third and final season
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Friday, Feb 17, 2012 4:30 PM UTC
Come back, “Colbert Report”!
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Friday, Feb 17, 2012 3:34 PM UTC
Anthony Shadid, the best of his generation
The NYT reporter, acclaimed for his unparalleled coverage of the Middle East, died in Syria on Thursday
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Secret papers turn up heat on global-warming deniers
Purloined, secret documents suggest the Heartland Institute could have lobbying plans, in violation of IRS rules
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Friday, Feb 17, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Is China our future?
If we don't want six-day workweeks at rock-bottom pay, we need to rethink how America's free market functions
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 10:07 AM UTC
Erin Burnett: Worst of the worst
The CNN host speaks on the "frightening" Iranian threat in ways that have to be seen to be believed
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
A witty, tragic series concludes
The Patrick Melrose cycle's final installment delves into the psyche of its troubled protagonist
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Pick of the week: Escape from Putin’s cult
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The next generation of color geniuses
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Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
I had to move back in with my dad
I'm a grown woman who lost her job. Now I'm living with a man who won't wash his hands
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 10:10 PM UTC
What are Republicans thinking?
The continuing obsession with limiting contraceptive access shows how out of touch GOP politicians are
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 9:00 PM UTC
Freedom of religion is freedom from religion
Obama's contraception compromise is a rare practical solution to America's perennial church-state tensions
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 8:45 PM UTC
Reality, exploded
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Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 8:44 PM UTC
Now Mitt’s refusing to debate
The calculation – and risk – behind his apparent decision to boycott the final pre-Super Tuesday debate
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 5:30 PM UTC
Hollywood’s real-life night at the museum
London's sold-out Leonardo exhibition is coming to a theater near you. How does fine art work at the movies?
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 5:26 PM UTC
Mitt’s ticking Maine time bomb?
One tiny Down East county could cause some serious trouble this weekend
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 4:45 PM UTC
The 196 people who will choose our next president
Billionaires like Adelson and Freiss are behind the vast majority of super PAC dollars. The rest of us don't count
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 4:11 PM UTC
The right is attacking Media Matters because it matters
The Daily Caller's heavy-breathing "expose" is light on facts
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 3:26 PM UTC
Rooting for your own kind
Jeremy Lin shows that we like to cheer for people who look like us -- and there's nothing wrong with that
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 2:10 PM UTC
Is the Iran threat an illusion?
The nation's recent moves look increasingly like those of a desperate regime, not a war machine
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 1:15 PM UTC
The GOP’s peculiar 1 percent psychology
Blue-collar Republicans seem to want a bottom 99 percent messenger to deliver a top 1 percent message
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 1:00 PM UTC
“Undefeated”: An Oscar-friendly inner-city football odyssey
"Hoop Dreams" meets "The Blind Side" in an inspirational tale of a bedraggled Memphis high school team's big year
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 12:45 PM UTC
Israelis prepare for war with Iran
Even ex-Mossad chief who opposes an attack on Iran seems to have given up
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 4:59 AM UTC
My tryst with Spencer Tracy
In this excerpt from a controversial new book, a Hollywood bartender recalls his nights of passion with the star
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 1:39 AM UTC
Rombo’s got nothing on Santorum
Mitt can't attack his rival for his hard-right stands on birth control and the culture wars because he's joined him
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
A beautiful exploration of Jewish identity
Nathan Englander's new short story collection reflects on love, life and epiphanies
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Catholic hypocrisy at its worst
Bishops condone much more direct contradictions of church dogma. The birth control uproar is a cynical power play
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Inside Germany’s famed art school
A new exhibit gives an intimate look at life at the Bauhaus. The curator explains what we can learn from the photos
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 10:33 PM UTC
The Jeremy Lin show
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Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 9:39 PM UTC
Santorum tests positive and negative
In his new TV ads, the Republican contender tries to be upbeat and nice, while splattering mud on Mitt
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 9:30 PM UTC
When sexy ads cross the line
An airline uses its sexy stewardesses as a selling point, and flies decades back in time
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 8:27 PM UTC
House Republicans lose their will to fight
The GOP's readiness to cut a payroll tax deal reveals a political party in retreat
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 6:00 PM UTC
When Iran and Israel were friendly
As the two countries prepare for war, a forgotten history of collaboration
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 5:50 PM UTC
The anti-Santorum onslaught begins
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Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 5:31 PM UTC
Occupy defends the Volcker Rule
Radical protesters are reborn as policy analysts; they tell the SEC to curb Wall Street speculators
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 5:10 PM UTC
Nancy Grace is more terrible than ever
Wild and unfounded speculation about Whitney Houston's death is a new low for the HLN host
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 4:50 PM UTC
How to write about poor people
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Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 4:30 PM UTC
Obama to unions: See you later
His labor allies are undermined as the president signs a law that will discourage workers from organizing
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 4:08 PM UTC
The threat to Mexico’s machismo culture
As the nation's first major female presidential candidate, Vazquez Mota is challenging a slowly changing boy's club
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:15 PM UTC
The enormous mistake Mitt can never admit
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Friday, Feb 17, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Is China our future?
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The next generation of color geniuses
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Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 10:10 PM UTC
What are Republicans thinking?
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Friday, Feb 17, 2012 3:34 PM UTC
Anthony Shadid, the best of his generation
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Friday, Feb 17, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Secret papers turn up heat on global-warming deniers
Purloined, secret documents suggest the Heartland Institute could have lobbying plans, in violation of IRS rules
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Is China our future?
If we don't want six-day workweeks at rock-bottom pay, we need to rethink how America's free market functions
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
The next generation of color geniuses
Two Parsons professors discuss their best students' work and their favorite classic color theorists
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Pick of the week: Escape from Putin’s cult
Pick of the week: Inside the creepy groupthink of the Russian president's proto-fascist youth movement
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 4:30 PM UTC
Come back, “Colbert Report”!
The show takes a mysterious hiatus - and reminds us how much we need it
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Pick of the week: Escape from Putin’s cult
Pick of the week: Inside the creepy groupthink of the Russian president's proto-fascist youth movement
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
A witty, tragic series concludes
The Patrick Melrose cycle's final installment delves into the psyche of its troubled protagonist
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 8:45 PM UTC
Reality, exploded
Forget interactive fiction -- the most innovative e-books make something strange and wondrous out of the facts
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 5:30 PM UTC
Hollywood’s real-life night at the museum
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Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
I had to move back in with my dad
I'm a grown woman who lost her job. Now I'm living with a man who won't wash his hands
Friday, Feb 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
I found my orgasm
She used to find it hard to climax, but suddenly, inexplicably, it became quick and easy. What happened?
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My tryst with Spencer Tracy
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Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Inside Germany’s famed art school
A new exhibit gives an intimate look at life at the Bauhaus. The curator explains what we can learn from the photos
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 10:33 PM UTC
The Jeremy Lin show
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