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Director’s Cliched Progressive Politics Delayed Release of ‘Lincoln’

Hollywood director Steven Spielberg has carved a wide swathe through Hollywood. The guy'...

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Fun Mystery Novel Sets Sail for Murder

Marsali Taylor has written a very pleasant read in this "Shetland Mystery." But I’m g...

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Conservative Money Needs to Make Its Way Into The Culture

As we know, and as I’ve said here ad nauseum, the battle for the soul of America is the ...

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Facts, Principles, and the Nature of Liberty

Sometimes, as Shakespeare wrote, brevity is the soul of wit (meaning, the essence of wisdo...

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Koontz’s ’77 Shadow Street’ Is 77% Great

One thing that can be said for Dean Koontz is that he likes to mix it up. His characters...

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Murder . . . with an Overpowering Dose of Romance Thrown In

The first time we met MI5-man-turned Anglican priest Max Tudor, he soon became involved in...

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Review: Nero Wolfe’s Great Partnership Begins

Whenever we walk into the brownstone home of Nero Wolfe, we’re used to seeing everything...

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Democracy and the Redefinition of Marriage

As we know, last Tuesday’s election didn’t exactly go the way conservatives and other ...

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Parody — ‘The Adventure of the Illusory Client — or, The Land Down Under’

It was a dark and stormy night when I banged the door knocker of my good friend, Mr. Shorl...

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Spielberg’s Incomplete Lincoln

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln provocatively presents one of America's most beloved presiden...

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From A Broken Record: It’s the Culture, Stupid!

To conservatives it seems inconceivable that Americans bought into the Democrat/Obama narr...

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Review: Hoorah for the Humdrums!

Curt Evans, mystery scholar extraordinaire, is becoming well-known for his much-needed, u...

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‘Elementary’ Holmes Can’t Match the Original—But Is That Really a Problem?

Lars Walker makes an interesting point in his response to my comment on his review of the ...

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‘Elementary’ Is OK, But No Place Like Holmes

I ought to dislike the new CBS TV series, “Elementary” more than I do. Conan Doyle’...

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The Secular March of History up Against Human Nature

To the hurrahs of atheists everywhere reports of the decline of religion in America was fa...

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Government and Conscience: What Are the Limits of Liberty?

A comment on Mike D'Virgilio's essay "The Illiberalism of Modern Liberalism" brings up som...

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Parody: ‘The Case of the Ectoplasmic Ecdysiast’

In THE CASE OF THE ECTOPLASMIC ECDYSIAST, allegedly by George and Ira Gershwin, we hear...

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Kulturkampf: ‘Mozart Was a Red’

Murray Rothbard skewers Ayn Rand: Enough! Keith Hackley, you have had the rare privilege o...

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The Welfare State’s Cultural Consensus – Mutually Reinforcing Dysfunction

In a piece last weekend George Will writes about the seeds of America’s dysfunction, whi...

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Culture 101: ‘Wodehouse on Crime’

P(elham) G(renville) Wodehouse — “English literature’s performing flea” (Sean O’...

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Sandford’s ‘Shock Wave’ Is Just Shocking Enough

John Sandford is a darned good mystery/thriller writer, and more than a one-note perform...

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The Illiberalism of Modern Liberalism

I hate to get all culture-war on you, but when liberty is at stake I don’t see a way aro...

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The Dr. Watson Affair

Once upon a time, long before a Gore named Al invented the printing press and a Bush named...

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What Value Reviews?

Recently I heard about Mark Helprin’s new novel, “In Sunlight and in Shadow.” I’ve...

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TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’ Finishes Successful First Season

Tonight brings the season-ending episode of Major Crimes, TNT's replacement for The Clo...

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For Rootedness and Love: Wendell Berry’s “Hannah Coulter”

I have heard of Wendell Berry for a long time but I have only read a few of his essays and...

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Forgotten Lore — ‘Anthem’

Ayn Rand is a problematic figure in the cultural landscape. Her virulent anti-theism and ...

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Bogus Heroes for a Jacobin Age

Almost twenty years ago, Murray Rothbard noted how manufactured "heroes" add the required ...

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Ferber’s ‘Come and Get It’: Old-Style Progressivism

 It's a matter of record that my mother's mother grew up in the logging and mining town o...

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‘Person of Interest’: Intelligent, Compelling, Badass

I don't watch too much series television, but Person of Interest (Thursdays, 9 p.m. EDT) i...

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If Things Fall Apart, Will There Be a Balkanized America Left Over?

It's a notorious fact that American politicians seldom miss an opportunity to exacerbate c...

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An animated tour of the invisible

It really is insane just how little we human beings know. This entertaining video of how m...

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SNL mocks Obama defending his record on the economy

Now how in the world did this get past the Democrat media censors! You have to wonder how ...