Staff Reviews
When the Iron Curtain Fell
How totalitarianism came to Eastern Europe, and why it didn't stay.
Amour and West of Memphis
Love at the end of the road, hope for the end of a huge injustice.
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino and Jamie Foxx redress the horrors of American slavery.
Atlas Shrugged Part II: Election Edition
Rand's timeless novel is recast as a Tea Party fable.
The Real Test of Education Policy
What happens when a profoundly unusual individual student runs up against a school system designed for "most" kids?
Practical Anarchy
James C. Scott's latest book makes a low-key case for a little bit of anarchism.
Finding Sex in the Bill of Rights
How the American Civil Liberties Union changed the way Americans think about sexual freedom.
The Increasingly Libertarian Milton Friedman
The most respectable libertarian got more radical with age.
How Hollywood Sees Iran
The new films Argo and The Iran Job offer two very different portraits of the country and its people.
The Transformation of Families
We aren't really witnessing "the end of men," but we may be seeing the start of something new.
Wreck-It Ralph
There's a message beyond nostalgia for adult watchers of this video game movie.
Hating Breitbart's Powerful Post-Partisan Message
The New Media is the Massage. And Reality Will Never Be the Same Again, Thank God.
