Paul Ryan’s courage

By David Suissa
Published on August 15, 2012

“Have any of you all met Paul Ryan? I’m telling you this guy is amazing. He is honest; he is straightforward; he is sincere; and the budget he came forward with is just like Paul Ryan. It is a sensible, straightforward, honest, serious budget.”

‘That’s My Boy’ reviews:  They could have been worse

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 17, 2012

‘The Dictator’ reviews are in, and the verdict is…

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on May 17, 2012

Opinion: Jetsons vs. Flintstones, a visit with Thomas Friedman

By Susan Freudenheim
Published on October 26, 2011

Last weekend, I was talking to a friend in New York who is a top IT manager for an advertising firm. My friend is in the process of remaking the Web presence for a hair-products conglomerate, and his staff is divided among the firm’s offices in New York, Argentina, Singapore and London. On one level, he told me, it’s not a problem: The work can be shared via the Internet, and group conversations can take place on Skype. But here’s the catch: In order to manage people on three other continents, my friend is working at 2 a.m., 5 a.m., noon, 4 p.m. — around the clock. This isn’t “Mad Men,” with time for two-martini lunches, it’s insanity.

Q & A With Sharon Waxman

By Amy Klein
Published on March 3, 2005

Sharon Waxman's new book, "Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System" (HarperEntertainment 2005). Waxman has covered Hollywood for The New York Times for a year and for The Washington Post for eight, and in her eminently readable and well-researched book, she encapsulates the 1990s through the breakout films of six young directors: Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, David Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson, David. O. Russell and Spike Jonze: "With their films, the rebels of the 1990s shattered the status quo, set new boundaries in the art of moviemaking, and managed to bend the risk-averse studio structure to their will. They created a new cinematic language, recast audience expectations, and surprised us -- and one another."

Safire Says Book of Job Political

By Rick Richman
Published on November 18, 2004

Dean's confusion about the location of the Book of Job generated a fair amount of ridicule at the time from commentators -- but not from William Safire, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist of The New York Times, who is speaking next week about Job at Sinai Temple.

Art is long, and life is brief; at least that’s what they say.

Published on December 10, 1998

The museum world in Los Angeles looks as though it is in for a significant challenge.