Nationalization would likely mean wiping out the big banks' managements and shareholders. It's because that reckoning has mostly been avoided so far that those bankers may be the Americans in the greatest denial of all. — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Nationalization, unmentionable only yesterday, has entered common usage not least because an even scarier word - depression - is next on America's list to avoid. — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
'Up in the Air' is not a political movie. It won't be mistaken for either a Michael Moore or Any Rand polemic on capitalism. — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Unless and until Barack Obama addresses the full depth of Americans' anger with his full arsenal of policy smarts and political gifts, his presidency… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Looking back at my high school years, I'm struck by how slowly history can move. — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Feckless as it was for Bush to ask Americans to go shopping after 9/11, we all too enthusiastically followed his lead, whether we were… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
My particular historical vantage point is a product of my upbringing as that odd duck, a native Washingtonian whose parents were not in government.… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
The only truly shocking thing about last Tuesday's election is that the Democrats didn't do far worse, or as badly as they deserved. — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
“In Shubert Alley that night, I had unwittingly reached the threshold of an entire landscape of alleys that would lead to a world of… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Yul Brynner's performance in "The King and I," . . . can no longer be regarded as a feat of acting or even endurance.… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
There’s nothing entertaining about watching goons hurl venomous slurs at congressmen like the civil rights hero John Lewis and the openly gay Barney Frank… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
The most wonderful street in the universe is Broadway. It is a world within itself. High and low, rich and poor, pass along at… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
In that sense, when a Bush or a Gore, or whomever, goes on David Letterman, that's the news, too. — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
The truth is that a lot of plays aren't political at all. In American theater history, political theater has tended to crop up when… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Hollywood no longer depicts reporters in ruthless pursuit of criminals, high and low. Now they are the criminals. — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
