comic-books-graphic-novels
FOX’s ‘Gotham’ Effectively Explores Origin Story Elements

Episode two of Gotham, broadcast last night on FOX-TV, established an interesting theme ...

manners-and-morals
New National Pastime: Ducking Responsibility

   Our society is increasingly willing to accept lying, cheating, and other...

philosophy
Housing Bailout Shows Stark Choice Between Liberty and Aristocracy

  Prosperity is the result of a cultural choice: whether to build and nourish a ...

movies
The Changing of the American Mind

Two crime movies based on the same play nicely illustrate the change in the mind of the Am...

television
Unusual Moral Concerns in a Sitcom

 Back to You is an idea devised in TV programmer's Heaven: get the star of Frasier an...

commerce
Should MLB Teams Ban Alcohol or Alcoholics?

Our column on "The Culture of Personal Irresponsibility" received some unexpecte...