Zachary Huffman reviews Les Misérables, directed by Tom Hooper.

On July 18, the city of Detroit declared that it had reached insolvency, and, with $11 billion in debt, filed for bankruptcy. Since the announcement, numerous pundits have penned postmortems attempting to explain Detroit’s decline, but Daniel Hannan has gotten closest to the essence of the issue. In his piece…

The Department of Labor recently estimated that U.S. employers added 195,000 jobs during the month of June, which prompted excitement from the White House and spurred a rise in stock prices. But the full set of figures hardly points to a strong economy. Consider: The overall unemployment rate remained steady…

The cost of college is skyrocketing, and students are graduating with record levels of debt in order to meet the expense. Since 1978, college tuition and fees have increased by 1,120 percent—outpacing inflation four times over and racing past other core consumer costs such as medical expenses and food. In…

Last Friday, after a week of public outrage over widespread flight delays and cancellations, Congress passed legislation granting the FAA $253 million to restore its air traffic control staff to pre-sequester levels. While the bill may have quelled public unrest and ensured congressional members a timely flight home for their…

[caption id="attachment_6408" align="alignright" width="300"] Image: Gage Skidmore[/caption] This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two key cases regarding same-sex marriage: challenges to California’s Proposition 8 and to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Republicans and conservatives have long expressed concern that legalizing same sex marriage will threaten their…