The DMV (DC, Maryland and Virginia) is alive with the sounds of scandal as the corruption trial of former VA Governor Robert McDonnell plays on in Richmond. Every day, another shocker–from fraudulent bank statements to designer frocks; it is — for Democrats at least — a…

The softer side of big money

One of the most striking discoveries from last month’s interview with Edward Snowden was how unremarkable he seemed. Blondish, pale, disarming—neither traitor nor hero—he turned out to be just an ordinary man with…

Jon Favreau serves up “Chef”

If you are what you eat, then the characters in Jon Favreau’s “Chef” are truly the luckiest people in the world. Nominally, a workplace drama about a frustrated restauranter-turned-successful-food-truck operator, it is…

Fed Up takes on the evils of Big Ag and Fast Food

From the wonderful folks who brought us “An Inconvenient Truth” now comes “Fed Up,” a withering takedown of the food industry and its predatory ways.