Movies you might have missed: "I Am Twenty"
Soviet filmmakers were often criticized in the West for producing stories sneeringly termed "boy gets tractor, meets girl."
Republicans cover their fiscal irresponsibility with Detroit's money
While banks, auto companies and the state of Michigan itself have all been bailed out with taxpayer money, Detroit has not received bailouts from anybody
"Are you serious?" news awards for 2011
Every year Conn Hallinan's Dispatches From The Edge gives awards to news stories and newsmakers that fall under the category of “Are you serious?”
David Brooks peddles snake oil on race, class, Santorum
"The Republican Party is the party of the white working class," David Brooks, the New York Times' resident conservative "intellectual," declared.
Solyndra and the real risk to American taxpayers
The biggest risks to taxpayers, who underwrite federal loan guarantees, isn't renewable energy. It is nuclear power.
New film from China on the horrors of the "Rape of Nanking"
What the Japanese militarists did to China is a story that every Chinese person knows well, but, I think, not so much in the West.
Congress staggers home to angry constituents
The God-forsaken Republican-run 112th Congress staggered home for an almost month-long recess. After what it did and did not do, workers and their allies are using the break to give those lawmakers an earful.
Wells Fargo sponsors anarchist's art show: "Pissarro's People"
A powerful exhibit of the politically inspired paintings by 19th century anarchist artist Camille Pissarro delivers a clear message of inspiration and solidarity to today's Occupy movement.
Ron Paul emerges as an opponent of liberty
While he claims to support personal liberty, many of his policy positions would do little to help the liberty of ethnic or sexual minorities.
