The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly newsmagazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.

To own the dominant, or only, newspaper in a mid-sized American city was, for many decades, a kind of license to print money. In the Internet age, however, no one has figured out how to rescue the newspaper in the United States or abroad.

Liberals believe that they can't get a fair shake from the media anymore.

Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.

History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse.

For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game.

Americans get mad as hell with reasonable frequency but quickly return to their families and sitcoms.