Charles Lane

The 1960s are often remembered as a time of marked political and social upheaval in America, and despite this -- or maybe, because of this -- the decade also produced a host of television programs with a distinctly cracker-barrel appeal. On CBS alone,...

Like the vast majority of our 300 million or so fellow citizens -- but unlike most of the political reporters covering the presidential campaign -- your authors have never had the pleasure of meeting Arizona senator and Republican presidential candidate...

Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. Two others -- a historic Russian leader and a U.S. chronicler of war -- left us...

SO GOES THE NATION (unrated). Two years seems long enough for wounds to have healed and perspective to be gained from a presidential election. But, while filmmakers Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern go out of their way to give voice to both sides of the...

So, I'm sunning myself on a chaise longue, when suddenly it hits me: I'm on the perfect Zen vacation. This is Japan, the country that brought you the sound of one hand clapping. And at the moment, I am engaged in the act of inactivity - making the...

Beginnings: The state's tiniest incorporated village -- 28 households, 200 acres -- lies on the north side of Shelter Island facing Greenport. It rose phoenix-like in 1916 on the site where the legendary Manhanset House hotel had stood from 1874 to 1910....