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...