The bloodletting has begun.

Chris Van Allsburg’s magical tale of the Christmas Eve re-education of a Santa-doubting adolescent teetering on the brink of disbelief gets a multimillion-dollar makeover via CGI and a revolutionary new filming process that allows Tom Hanks to “act” five different roles.

We have to face facts: We got our clocks cleaned up and down the ballot...If, as the DLC has long argued, the test for Democrats is to convince voters that they will defend their country, share their values, and champion their economic interests, it’s pretty clear Democrats continue to come …

Peter Hiers likes to talk about sculpture in abstract terms. He talks about things like “theology of form.” But he is careful to make a distinction between the tangible pieces of steel and wood he shapes and the more ephemeral world he is reaching for.