December 8, 2010

As shows by troupes like the Civilians inch closer to journalism, questions are raised about their responsibility to journalistic standards.

Despite flat ratings, CNN executives say the “Parker Spitzer” talk show is gaining traction.

The European Central Bank is spending billions to prop up bond markets as investors bet against those same bonds.

Despite anger from Congressional Democrats, President Obama’s tax plan is intended to help short-term job creation.

Teachers no longer languish while the school system tries to fire them, but the new system is not ideal.

As a feud with Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has escalated, Steven L. Rattner has become a possible suspect.

A slow permit process has idled oil rigs and threatened prospects for rig owners, despite the end of the moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

A cycle of a dozen plays follows foreign involvement in Afghanistan, its results and the lack thereof.

Preliminary election results set off violence and vote rigging questions.

Activists attacked sites of companies like Mastercard that took action against WikiLeaks; a counterattack on hackers’ sites followed.

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, the Oscar-winning director of “The Lives of Others,” is making his Hollywood debut in the caper film “The Tourist.”

There are visible bits of evidence that 2010 will be remembered as the year of the transsexual.