NYT Critics' Picks

Staring at You, Staring at Me
Godfrey Reggio’s ‘Visitors’ Is a Slow Parade of Faces
NYT Critics' Pick

With No Regrets, Living Her Life as a Bossa Nova
In ‘Gloria,’ a Chilean in Her Late 50s Embraces Passion
NYT Critics' Pick

Life’s Rhythms in Finnish Lapland
In ‘Aatsinki,’ Two Reindeer Herders Ride the Seasons
NYT Critics' Pick

The Holocaust Lives on in a Fractured Family
‘Papirosen’ Is a Road Into More Than 50 Years of Shadows
NYT Critics' Pick

States Top ten/Bottom ten

Overall rank (1 = best)
Rank
State
Governor
1
New Hampshire
Maggie Hassan (D)
2
Minnesota
Mark Dayton (D)
3
Vermont
Peter Shumlin (D)
4
Utah
Gary Herbert (R)
5
Massachusetts
Deval Patrick (D)
6
Wyoming
Matthew Mead (R)
7
Colorado
John Hickenlooper (D)
8
Iowa
Terry Branstand (R)
9
Washington
Jay Inslee (D)
10
Connecticut
Dannel Malloy (D)

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41
Oklahoma
Mary Fallin (R)
42
Georgia
Nathan Deal (R)
42
West Virginia
Earl Ray Tomblin (D)
44
Kentucky
Steve Beshear (D)
44
South Carolina
Nikki Haley (R)
46
Delaware
Jack Markell (D)
47
Alabama
Robert Bentley (R)
48
Tennessee
Bill Haslam (R)
49
Arkansas
Mike Beebe (D)
50
Louisiana
Bobby Jindal (R)
51
Mississippi
Phil Bryant (R)


Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/states-of-our-union-are-not-all-strong-102547.html#ixzz2rKebdoWr

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