Dec 4th, 2008 · Canada is having a constitutional crisis. The conservative parliament that was elected less than two months ago is in danger of being ousted. The opposition party says the prime minister is not doing enough to deal with the global economic crisis. Naheed Nenshi, of the Bissett School of Business at Calgary's Mount Royal College, and Keith Boag, of the Canadian Broadcast Company explains how Canadians are sorting through a political drama.
Nov 27th, 2008 · The most intense political season in recent history is behind us. But now many families are coming together around the Thanksgiving dinner table for the first time since the elections. Slate.com's chief political correspondent John Dickerson, speaks with host Alex Cohen about how to navigate the political discussions.
Nov 25th, 2008 · An orthodox Jewish woman gets a most unorthodox education in this mystical Israeli drama, which Mark Jenkins says is as concerned with the erotic as the spiritual.
Nov 25th, 2008 · Were the tragedies of Sophocles written for soldiers dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder? The artists behind The Philoctetes Project think so — and they argue that the millennia-old plays can help today's veterans cope.
Nov 24th, 2008 · Mollie Katzen, author of The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without, returns. This time she demonstrates from her kitchen in Berkeley, Calif., how to bring searing drama to Thanksgiving green beans this year.
Nov 14th, 2008 · Iraq-war movies always seem to flop: Stop Loss, Redacted, Rendition, In the Valley of Elah — all were box-office disappointments. But several plays about Iraq have been hits. Why does Iraq work on stage but not on screen?
Nov 7th, 2008 · Dick Wolf created the longest-running drama on network TV, Law & Order. NBC is moving the procedural back to Wednesday's 'Crime Time' after it opened to a poor showing on Friday nights this year.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Election officials around the country reported heavy turnout Tuesday, as many voters lined up before dawn to cast ballots in the history-making presidential election. The long campaign has been filled with drama and surprise twists as John McCain and Barack Obama each made his case.