economicspolicy
Burn-The-Wealth Bernie & His Partial Enslavement System

“The top one-tenth of 1 percent in this country own almost 90 percent … as much we...

civilsociety
Feeling Good About America on a Chilly Autumn Evening

Don’t you love it when something heartwarming happens to you unexpectedly? That happ...

culture101
Culture Institutions vs. Politics? Institutions Win

It is the political season, and a very long one at that. At such times, conservatives ...

politics-and-policy
In wake of school shootings, Gov. Jerry Brown bans concealed guns on California campuses

I don't know why liberals and liberalism continues to amaze me, but alas they do and i...

philosophy
Conservatives For Abolishing The Fact Of Evil

The public personas who pass as conservatives are NOT system builders. We know them as...

books
Two Classics on the Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), despite having little place in American cultural me...

television
The Hot Fall TV Trend

Oh happy day! We get to finally see more gay and lesbian storylines on TV! Just what w...

civilsociety
Lady Di of The Papacy

In the wake of America’s week-long, Pope Francis bacchanalia, a few column titles su...

politics-and-policy
People Don’t Kill People, Guns Do

I was almost tempted to title this post, "Liberalism Kills," because, well, that's wha...

worldviews
#ShoutYourAbortion

The Planned Parenthood videos (see a "Quick and Easy Guide" to them at the Federalist)...

fiction1
The Case for ‘The New Adventures of Ellery Queen’

One of the greats of the mystery genre, too little appreciated these days, is Ellery ...

hollywood
Christians Are Coming Out of the Cultural Closet

With yet another hit "faith-based" movie, War Room, recently showing at a cinema near ...

politics
Donald, Don’t Let Fox News Roger America … Again

Bless Donald Trump. Inadvertently, by just being Donald, Mr. Trump has delivered more ...

religion
Why religion is always public

There is a nice piece by Joel Miller at Theology Sticks about the essentially public n...

politics
Should A “Good Muslim” Be President of the United States?

Finally liberals and some conservatives agree on something. Ben Carson is a bigot! Typ...

books
New Book by Alexandra York: “The Innocent”

Alexandra York is an author whose work we are proud to promote at The American Culture...

politics
Walter Russel Mead on Trump’s Nihilistic Populism

Walter Russel Mead, well respected academic and editor-at-large for The American Interest,...

politics
The Trump Appeal

Working people warm to Donald Trump. He appeals to a good segment of real Americans. T...

literature-2
Throwback Thursday — “Children of Chaucer, Subjects of Shakespeare, Heirs of Milton”

Nowadays there is a growing consensus that the great American Melting Pot has had a hole b...

movies
Woody Allen’s Latest Flick: “Irrational Man”

Woody Allen has a genius for comedy but sometimes makes serious films with few if any ...

higher-education
Throwback Thursday — “In the Hope of Escaping the Miracle”

Despite decades of instruction (some would say "indoctrination") in America's government-r...

theamericanculture
Planned Parenthood vs. Reality

Now that we know Planned Parenthood has a bustling trade in fetal body parts, you wonder h...

manners-and-morals
Throwback Thursday – “A Seasonable Plea for the Liberty of Conscience”

The more things change, the more they stay the same. In the mid-18th century it wasn't jus...

music
BBC Filming Adaptation of Christie Classic to Air in U.S. Next Year

[from agathachristie.com] Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None is the best selling ...

theamericanculture
“Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom” by Jennifer Haley

The Molotov Theatre group is devoted to plays in the Grand Guignol style, which basicall...

theamericanculture
The Onion, Pro-Life?

What is this world coming to when The Onion can mock the abortion industry without any see...

philosophy
Throwback Thursday — “Where Mohammed Was Born No Christian Dares to Enter”

Thanks to fanatical groups like ISIS (or ISIL), much of the Middle East has become a free-...

movies
Lancelot du lac (Lancelot of the Lake) by Robert Bresson

I have previously written of the unique film-making style of Robert Bresson (who died in...

theamericanculture
Throwback Thursday – Henry Ford, Failed Prophet

In the early part of the 20th century, technocracy and technocratic thinking, while relati...

manners-and-morals
Credit Pop Culture for Gay Marriage

The title of a piece in the LA Times after the gay marriage ruling: "Years before court ru...

culture101
The Gay Marriage Decision

By a narrow margin, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has declared same-sex marriage to be legal ...

politics-and-policy
A Libertarian Argument for Getting Government Out of “Defining” Marriage Worth Considering

I've never been convinced by the libertarian argument to get government out of the marriag...

culture-and-economics
Corporate and Liberal Hypocrisy on Display in Response to Charleston Shooting

Yes, I know we're surprised. David French, one of the most articulate culture warriors on ...