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Skeptics of global warming, who have long considered climate change a fraud, refer to the incident as "Climategate," with obvious intimations of scandal and cover-up. Advocates of action on warming call it "Swifthack," a reference to the 2004 character attacks on presidential candidate Senator John Kerry by the group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has 'Climategate' Been Overblown? | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

In a recent episode, seeing the Glee kids' insensitivity to the challenges faced by their disabled friend, Mr. Schuester ordered all of them to spend three hours a day in a wheelchair and learn for themselves what it was like to walk in their friend's shoes--or roll in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian? | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

The weak writing is but one of this production’s many errors. What has been so successful in the A.R.T.’s season thus far—active spectatorship—simply makes no sense in this show. Weiner and director Diane M. Paulus ?...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ART's "Best of Both Worlds" Unfortunate Misnomer | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

This production of “Grease” features skilled performances, especially from the supporting cast. Carey’s performance as Rizzo is outstanding; she completely inhabits the character physically, and she speaks with enough affectation to convey her character’s cynicism without being overbearing. Moss...

Author: By ABIGAIL B. LIND, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Walker's "Grease" Helps an Old Favorite Run Smoothly | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

Live actors in a Wes Anderson movie put on a sort of theater of artifice; faces become masks, from behind which the humanity of a character can either struggle or fail to emerge. Perhaps the greatest failure of “The Darjeeling Limited” was in reversing this...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fantastic Mr. Fox | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

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