Today At TNR (December 12, 2009)

• It’s a Nice Thought, but Can a Society Really Distribute Wealth Fairly? by Moshe Halbertal
• Every Christmas, We Get a Well-Made Film That’s Uplifting, Overlong, and Simple in Moral Vision. This Year, It’s Called ‘Invictus.’ by Christopher Orr
• THE DEBATE: Is the Administration's Economic Thinking Incoherent? by Noam Scheiber
• Don’t Be Deceived By the Latest Cost Estimates of the Senate Bill, by Jonathan Cohn
• Is Goldman Sachs Getting the Last Laugh? by Noam Scheiber
• One of Copenhagen’s Great Lessons: You WILL Respect Tuvalu’s Authoritah! by Jesse Zwick
• Will the Senate Really Push Back Against the Drug Industry? by Suzy Khimm
• The Senate’s Dueling Climate Bills, by Bradford Plumer
• How Well Does Our Embattled President Grasp Just War Theory? by Michael Walzer

As always, be sure to check out economic news on The Stash, environment and energy coverage on The Vine, the latest on health care at The Treatment, metro policy debate on The Avenue, and Marty Peretz's The Spine. Also be sure to take a look at TNR's new blogs by William Galston, Simon Johnson, Ed Kilgore, Damon Linker, and John McWhorter.