winners and losers

Dark and absurdist sitcoms of today owe debt to this ’90s show

From Sarah Palin’s presidential bid to dire visions of the apocalypse–everything that didn’t turn out in 2011

Roberto Luongo was the star Vancouver wanted. But he and the Canucks couldn’t deliver on a city’s Stanley cup dream.

From Arcade Fire, through Mark Carney to the Palestinians–whatever they did, this year they played by their own rules