DECEIVED.(Shattered Glass)(The Human Stain)(Movie Review)

The new movie "Shattered Glass" depicts a nasty moment in the life of The New Republic. If the internal turmoils of a political magazine based in Washington are now considered sufficient grounds for a motion picture, there is no saying where the movie industry, avid for fresh material, will choose to cast its net: A struggle for the soul of Men's Health? A major dustup over late-bottled port in the pages of Decanter? Journalists everywhere will be emboldened to inspect their wrinkled lives for possible drama. For instance, that cab ride to J.F.K. that I claimed on expenses last year: would Vin Diesel care to hear more?

The man who, in the late nineteen-nineties, ...