Neal Gabler’s recent biography of Walt Disney illuminates the economics that shaped his career a filmmaker.
Tag: Vol. 36 No. 18
Issue of Jan. 25 – 31, 2007
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Immigration folly set right
Fundamentalist Muslims in Cairo beat a Christian for not turning over a friend to be murdered for converting to Christianity. A U.S. judge saw no sign he’d suffered religious persecution.
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The payroll inches up
Aldermen have complained that the Shakman monitor has impeded city hiring, but records show the payroll has grown over the last year.
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Rotterdam #2: Another venue, another timetable
Buying a DVD of Still Life in Rotterdam
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Foie gras street fight
Last night a chef, a politician, and foie gras activists fought it out in the cold for French TV.
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Move over buppies, the blipsters are coming
A New York Times exclusive: some black people like rock music.
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Pretty poison
As long as we’ve a middle class to discomfit, there’ll always be Michael Hanekes around to do it.
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A government of men, not of laws
One of Bush’s Guantanamo detainees is sick but can’t get help because his medical records are secret.
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Target your giving … or worrying
Doctors Without Borders lists the “most underreported” humanitarian stories of the past year.
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Farmer-shortage alert
The Chicago Food Policy summit sees a connection between numbers of farmers and numbers of poor people.