movies
‘Lakeview Terrace’ Thriller Includes Good Ideas, Bad Decisions

    Lakeview Terrace adds an interesting angle to the suspense-crime g...

movies
Angelina Jolie’s Political Leanings Causing Speculation, Concern

     Hollywood watchers are wondering whether Angelina Jolie will...

uncategorized
‘Closer’ Season-Ender Presents Chilling Picture of Radical Environmentalism, Darwinism

   Radical environmentalism and an anti-human perversion of Darwinism spark...

prose-fiction
Spy Novelist Le Carre Contemplated Defecting to Soviet Union: Report

  The acclaimed spy novelist known as John Le Carre once contemplated defecting ...

journalism
The Insufferable Helen Thomas Lauded in HBO Documentary

    An HBO documentary lauds the arrogant, smugly antagonistic journal...

movies
Bill Maher, Our Very Own Voltaire, Enlightens Us Once Again

     Boldly going where only a few thousand writers have gone bef...

television
SNL Season Premiere Lays Egg

   Saturday Night Live's season-opening episode was marred by blatant polit...

journalism
Media, Political Attacks on Gov. Palin Spark Apocalyptical Speculation

    The media reaction to Sarah Palin may look like a culture war or a...

uncategorized
FX Series ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Tackles New Formula with Ambitions

The FX drama series Sons of Anarchy plays to an increasingly common formula, but does it w...

manners-and-morals
Brand Flops Before MTV Audience, Rebuked by Jordin Sparks

Embarrassing performance by MTV Video Music Awards host exemplifies intolerance of smug se...

commerce
‘Bangkok Dangerous’ Leads in U.S. Movie Box Office Crash

Morally and visually murky Nicolas Cage starrer undermines actor's usual appeal, fails to ...

television
‘Prison Break’ Shows What’s Really Important in TV Dramas

The Fox TV series Prison Break is a stark melodrama, but a good one.   (more&hellip...

uncategorized
European Churches’ Blasé Reaction to Georgia Invasion Reflects Seriously Disturbed Values

Western churches, especially in Europe, have neglected their brethren around the world whi...

uncategorized
European Churches’ Blasé Reaction to Georgia Invasion Reflects Seriously Disturbed Values

Western churches, especially in Europe, have neglected their brethren around the world whi...

journalism
Scientists Present Ultimate No-Fault Divorce Theory

Study suggests tendency to unfaithfulness and divorce is genetic.  (more…)

commerce
Transgender TV

Homosexual activists are applauding the rapidly increasing numbers of "transgender&qu...

commerce
‘Dark Knight’ Tops Half-Billion Dollar Mark

The Dark Knight has become only the second film in history to top $500 million in U.S. mov...

uncategorized
Safety Experts Are Creating Fat Kids in Cocoons

The fattening of America's children demonstrates the truth of the Law of Unintended Conseq...

movies
Coen Brothers’ New Film Divides Critics

The Coen brothers' follow-up to their Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men is drawing deci...

commerce
Feds Grab Blogger for Posting Unreleased Guns ‘n’ Roses Songs

The FBI has arrested a man for posting copyrighted songs on his website.  (more&hel...

uncategorized
Brian Wilson’s New Album Pays Tribute to SC

Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson is about to release a new album that pays tribute to Souther...

commerce
Hollywood Veterans, New Film Challenge Industry’s Far-Left Orthodoxy

Hollywood conservatives are increasingly coming out of the closet and defying the McCarthy...

movies
Audiences Resist Boycott Call Against ‘Tropic Thunder’

The public's reaction to protests against the new comedy film Tropic Thunder confirms that...

commerce
Populist Films Dominate Late-Summer U.S. Box Office

 The top three current U.S. motion picture box office draws all share a populist poin...

uncategorized
‘X-Files’ Movie Tanks at Box Office

With real conspiracies taking real lives around the world, this summer's X-Files movie jus...

music
The Terror of Katy Perry

The Number One musical hit "I Kissed a Girl" has raised a good deal of controver...

uncategorized
The Push for Same-Sex Marriages

TV talk-show hostess Ellen DeGeneres is getting married to a woman. So where's the oppress...

uncategorized
Olympic Record-Setter Phelps Blasted for Cereal Endorsement

Michael Phelps's endorsement of Frosted Flakes cereal has raised the ire of food nazis who...

comic-books-graphic-novels
Barbie Wears Fishnet Stockings, Civilization Totters on Brink of Catastrophe

A British organization's crusade against a new Barbie doll is an embarrassment to Christia...

movies
Another Nice Mess: Laurel and Hardy on TCM

This Saturday brings a full day of Laurel and Hardy films on Turner Classic Movies. Rest a...

commerce
Oprah’s Magazine Tumbles

Sales of her O magazine are falling much faster than in the rest of the already-moribund m...

commerce
movies
John Woo’s ‘Red Cliff’ Sets Chinese Box-Office Record

Legendary action director John Woo's historical drama Red Cliff is already the most succes...