Wouldn’t you guess that the PBS audience went for President Barack Obama in a big way? Yet it goes just as big for a costume drama in which it is top and bottom against the middle, and (spoiler alert!) the middle loses. (Illustration by James Clapham | Column by Michael Kinsley)
Abraham Lincoln thought deeply about the complex relationship between moral commitments and political constraints. (Illustration by James Clapham | Column by Cass Sunstein on Bloomberg View)
For the first time in recent history, the average Canadian is richer than the average American. (Illustration by James Clapham | Op-Ed by Stephen Marche on Bloomberg View)
The portrait of dementia in “The Iron Lady” isn’t the problem. The way the film uses old age to punish a lifetime of accomplishment is. (Illustration by James Clapham | Column by Virginia Postrel on Bloomberg View)
