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The 25 best movie musicals of all time

The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.

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Modern Parenthood California inmate sterilizations report recalls a dark history

Almost 150 female California inmates were sterilized between 2006 and 2010, according to an investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting. The report recalls a dark history of eugenic thought in the US.
A Jewish renaissance, tucked away in a Budapest apartment

Budapest's Teleki Square synagogue has survived two World Wars, the rise of the 'anti-Zionist' Jobbik party, and rotting fixtures – and is now part of a resurgent Jewish community.
Focus One man's escape from Camp 14 and North Korea

Only one prisoner born in North Korea's gulag is known to have escaped to tell his story. A Q&A with Blaine Harden, the journalist who wrote about Shin Dong-hyuk.
Red Moon

Benjamin Percy's supernatural novel is audaciously complex and hauntingly composed.
A Man Without Breath

German detective Bernie Gunther is back, to investigate an unspeakable atrocity.
Global News Blog Slew of new investigations leads to Germany's arrest of alleged Auschwitz guard

Hans Lipschis was taken into custody Monday for what German authorities said was 'compelling evidence' of his work as a guard at the Auschwitz extermination camp.
The 25 best movie musicals of all time

The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.
Briefing Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism

The main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are two brothers from Chechnya, a Russian republic that has been the scene of cyclical revolts and brutal crackdowns for the past 200 years.
Energy Voices The richest oil barons in the US

Kennedy takes a look at the billionaires who have benefitted the most from the US oil industry, according to Forbes' recently released rich list.
As Iran and Israel trade threats, first Iranian novels appear in Hebrew

The rousing success of two Persian novels published in Hebrew this year – the first to ever appear in Hebrew – indicate a thirst among Israelis to better understand Iranian society.
Israeli Oscar contenders force citizens to confront uncomfortable questions

Two Israeli documentary films nominated for Oscars, 'The Gatekeepers' and '5 Broken Cameras,' raise difficult questions about the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Decoder Wire Will Rep. Paul Broun be Karl Rove's first 'unelectable' target?

Karl Rove says his new political group isn't aiming to defeat tea party candidates – just poor politicians. Rep. Paul Broun, who is running for Senate in Georgia, may be the group's first test case.
Culture Cafe Damon joining Clooney in 'The Monuments Men'?

Damon joining Clooney? Matt Damon is in talks to join Clooney in Clooney's project 'The Monuments Men,' which follows a group of art historians and museum curators who try to recover art stolen by the Third Reich during World War II.
Germans move to quash rising right-wing extremism

Although xenophobic attitudes still plague Germany, particularly in the postcommunist east, Germans are raising awareness of – and resistance to – the problem.
Cover Story Is Europe really on the brink?

Europe's biggest crisis in the postwar era is not just about the economy. It's about a search for identity – and a rationale for staying unified.
Chapter & Verse 'The Book Thief' comes to the stage

'The Book Thief,' the popular children's book by Markus Zusak, is playing at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago through early November.
'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels

'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
Israel scrambles Palestinian 'right of return' with Jewish refugee talk

Some 856,000 Middle Eastern Jews fled their home countries after Israel's founding. If Palestinian refugees are to be considered for compensation, these Jews should be, too, Israel argues.
Netanyahu's simple bomb graphic confuses the nuclear experts

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sought to simplify the Iranian nuclear issue with the diagram he brought out on the UN podium, but experts say he actually made it more confusing.
The Daily Reckoning The ideal economy: How do we get what we really want?

In a completely free market, we can assume people will get what they want, or at least what they deserve, Bonner writes.
One year after bomb blinded Afghan vet, Paralympic gold

Navy Lt. Brad Snyder was blinded a year ago by an IED blast in Afghanistan. On Friday he won a gold medal for the 400-meter freestyle in the London Paralympics, a performance he hopes will inspire other wounded vets.
After Olympic 'warm-up,' Paralympics set to take stage in London (+video)

Londoners are gearing up for what should be a record-breaking Paralympic Games, with sell-out crowds and new highs in both the number of athletes and the number of countries participating.
The Daily Reckoning Hitler and the false lure of more is better

Nazi Germany's economy was not a central planning success, it was a disaster. Is there a lesson for today?
Diaries

Much of the material in George Orwell's 'Diaries' is of interest only to the most obsessive of Orwellians.
Chapter & Verse Joan Rivers protests Costco ban of her new book

Comedian Joan Rivers handcuffed herself to a shopping cart and compared Costco to "Nazi Germany" because the giant retailer refuses to carry her book.