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THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Our Favorite Cultural Moments
NEWSWEEK's critics pick what they loved in '08
NEWSWEEK's critics pick what they loved...
Dana Edelson / NBCU Photo Bank-AP
December 20, 2008
First Person: Sichuan
ARTS
A year in snapshot: NEWSWEEK's critics and culture buffs pick the one thing—a scene, an artwork, a page, a performance—they loved most in 2008.
MOVIES
Scandal I
Scandal II
An autopsy of Bernie's $50 billion Ponzi scheme turns up a ring of victims with boldface names:
First Person: Zimbabwe
First Person: Mortgage Crisis
Closure: Campaign Edition
During a historic election, their stories captivated us for a moment—then they vanished. We revisit them to bring you the next chapter.
the dignity index
In a year-end edition of our survey, we rescore some old culprits to find out who set the high-water mark for low behavior in 2008.
First Person: Beijing
I don't want to run auto companies. I don't want to run banks. I've got two wars I've got to run already. I've got more than enough to do.
President Obama, attempting to allay fears about the federal government exercising significant and lasting control over companies in which it is now a major shareholder because of the federal bailout
News/Week
- Black Friday should unleash pent-up demand. Analyst Bill DreherNYT
- The task is to restore our conservative bona fides James Bopp Jr. on a 10-pt GOP checklist NYT
- Twenty five years feels right in my bones and right in my spirit. Oprah on ending her showCST
- It’s going to be a holy war Orrin Hatch on debate over the Senate health billNYT
- The nation and the world will see him for the coward he is Holder, on trying KSMAP