commerce
A Tribute to John Dickson Carr

This is the last day in which I can decently mark the centennial of the birth of the truly...

movies
Rocky Balboa, Christian Warrior

Your correspondent has been very busy with other work during the past week and has neglect...

manners-and-morals
Bobby Knight and the Power of the Press

Tomorrow night Texas Tech basketball coach Bobby Knight goes out to break Dean Smith's rec...

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A Wish for the Day

May you have a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year!For some inte...

sports
Sowell on NC False Prosecution Scandal

As you will recall, I've been writing about the Duke false prosecution scandal since the b...

manners-and-morals
The Ugly Side of the Omniculture

Candace de Russy has provided a nicely informative article about the uglier side of the Om...

commerce
Fattening Up Fashion Models

Here's an interesting item in our ongoing series of observations that everything happens i...

music
Noddy vs. Roy on Christmas: The BIG Question

Caitlin Moran of the Times of London asks several important questions about Christmas in t...

manners-and-morals
A Good Quote on Masculinity

The estimable Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune quotes former NBA Utah Jazz coach Frank Lay...

movies
A Christmas Film to Remember

 Tonight at 8 p.m. EST, Turner Classic Movies is showing an excellent Christmas film,...

movies
The Brilliance of “Going My Way”

TV stations tend to show the great 1944 film Going My Way, directed by Leo McCarey and sta...

uncategorized
A Brutal Christmas Album

If you've read my article on Christmas music below, you probably noticed that the Omnicult...

music
The Sounds of Christmas

Advent is my favorite time of year, for all the conventional reasons, and Christmas music ...

uncategorized
The Inestimable Larry Miller

Larry Miller is one of the funniest comedians around. Rather like a younger Bob Newhart bu...

comic-books-graphic-novels
Conan the Influential Barbarian

John J. Miller of National Review has put together a nice overview of Robert E. Howard's &...

commerce
Macy’s Name Change Backfires

Sometimes it's important to respect traditions and follow conventional morality even when ...

sports
Animal Rights Activists Lose One

The National Basketball Association has announced that the league will stop using the micr...

commerce
Apocalypto Opens Strong

Mel Gibson's Apocalypto, reviewed earlier on this site, opened strong this weekend, leadin...

music
Do You Listen to Yes?

Cadillac has a new commercial in which a group of young men in a Caddy discuss the great p...

movies
An Unconventional Christmas Movie

 If you're interested in seeing an unusual film set at Christmas, and a good one, you...

movies
Gibson’s Apocalypto

Upon hearing that Mel Gibson was filming a story set at the end of the Mayan empire and p...

manners-and-morals
The Bane of Conservative Cultural Criticism

The Achilles heel of most conservative cultural critics is their tendency to characterize ...

manners-and-morals
Culture and Nature: Animals Gone Wild

Our friend and fellow classical liberal Ilana Mercer has a very interesting and well-argue...

music
A Christmas Treat from Roy Wood

Here's a treat for you—a video featuring Roy Wood. Wood is one of the great — ...

television
The Limits of Utilitarianism—A BBC Drama Series

The BBC TV program 11th Hour, currently being shown in the United States on Monday nights ...

commerce
Lowlanders Tiring of Smutty TV

Who would have thought that the merry Dutch, world pioneers of mass-marketed pornography, ...

commerce
What’s Good About Ultimate Fighting

 I know a couple of fellows, perfectly reputable sorts, who follow "ultimate fig...

genres
Fox’s 24 to Go Even Darker

I've mentioned on several occasions the turn toward "darker" programming on netw...

mysteries
Closer Returns Tonight

The TV crime drama The Closer returns tonight with a two-hour movie to kick off its third ...

manners-and-morals
Guest Article: The New Avant-garde: Clean Comedy

Our friend Mike D'Virgilio has posted an interesting article on a cultural trend toward &q...

mysteries
Inspector Mom—Mysteriously Good

 Confession time: I make a habit of not watching the Lifetime TV network, which appea...

movies
Mr. Capra Goes to Hollywood

Turner Classic Movies is showing a five-movie tribute to director Frank Capra tomorrow beg...

manners-and-morals
Jerry Garcia on the Omniculture

Our Reform Club colleague Tom Van Dyke sent us this nifty quote from the late Jerry Garcia...