Intelligence Failures, The End of The Decade, Champagne under the Microscope, Films on Ty Burr’s Best Of List, Blue Moon Gazing

Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr gives his top film picks of the past decade, from “The Pianist”, “The Two Towers”, “Borat” and more.

Resident Chef Kathy Gunst has some ideas for delicious but simple breakfast and brunch ideas- especially fit for New Years Day.

Intelligence Failures, Penelope Leach, Arson Investigation in Western Massachusetts, Editor and Publisher Folds, Best Sports Books of 2009

Year in Review with Joe Klein, Revolutionary Ebrahim Yazdi’s Detention in Iran, The Irish Economy, A Young Man Joins the Army and Grows Up, The Economy in Cartoons

We page through New Yorker cartoons featuring bankers on ledges, Humpty Dumpty sitting on a Wall Street sign and a father laying off his wife and kids with New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff, who says that “tragedy plus time equals comedy.” Mankoff has compiled the new book “On the Money: The Economy in Cartoons 1925-2009.”

Airline Security, Promised Virgins, Sakharov Prize, A Young Man Joins the Army and Grows Up, Louisa May Alcott

Three Wise Men, Word of the Year, Top Holiday Songs of the Decade, Is Chrysler Selling Cars or Cause?, Who is Sherlock Holmes?

Health Care on Christmas Eve, Digitizing Monk, The Manger, Christmas at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, A Christmas Carol

Father Columba Stewart has made it his mission to digitize precious manuscripts found in some of the most threatened communities around the world, including Lebanon during the 2006 war with Israel, Iraq, and Ethiopia.