manners-and-morals
Here Come the Big-Mouth Idiots

There is something rather interesting and revealing in all the recent controversies about ...

books
Can We Judge Literature?

I stirred up some concerns among PKD fans with my Philip K. Dick article, which was cross-...

books
Philip K. Dick Canonized

It's official: Philip K. Dick is a great writer, according to the Library of America. As t...

television
Soap Opera to Feature “Transgendering” Character

This Thursday, the ABC TV daytime serial drama All My Children will introduce a character ...

television
Two More Depressing TV Shows Sink

Two more TV shows representing this season's trend towared "darker," more depres...

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Thanksgiving Day

May you have a blessed Thanksgiving Day, and please take time to consider the great blessi...

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Liberals and Statists

Here are some thoughts in our continuing discussion of political nomenclature, in which we...

genres
Deja Vu and Time Travel Fiction

 Two time travel movies are premiering today, and a none of those astounding mysterie...

commerce
Why Radio Stinks

If you find current-day FM radio to be extremely boring, as I do, you can credit Clear Cha...

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“Prime Suspect” Ends

The PBS/BBC police procedural series Prime Suspect premiered in 1991 and began the still-c...

movies
Casino Royale

Ian Fleming's James Bond is a much tougher egg than most of the Bond movies have portrayed...

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Milton Friedman

I have just heard that the economist Milton Friedman died this morning at the age of 94. D...

mysteries
Religion in “Bones”

Another in our ongoing chronicle of fictional TV programs' treatment of religion . . .In l...

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Classical Liberalism, Abortion, Gay Marriage

Abortion and homosexual marriage appear on the surface to be very difficult areas for clas...

television
Religion in “Prison Break”

In the latest of our continuing series of observations regarding TV's treatment of religio...

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More on Classical Liberalism

In my article yesterday in National Review Online, and in subsequent discussions here, I h...

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Defining Classical Liberalism

In our comments section, Jim Faas asks for some more detail about what classical liberalis...

mysteries
Underfunded—Review

As mentioned earlier on these illustrious pages, the USA Network recently premiered the pi...

music
Neil Young’s “Living with War”

To get a feel for the new political atmosphere in the wake of the Democrats' takeover of b...

television
Life Imitates Simpsons: 2006 Elections

If you want to understand the huge tail-whuppin' the Republican Party took this week, ther...

television
USA’s Underfunded

The title of this item is a pun, actually. It really refers to a new program on the USA Ne...

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U.S. Political Culture: Big Loss for Classical Liberalism

Tuesday's elections were, as widely expected, a solid thrashing for the Republican Party. ...

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U.S. Media’s Election Coverage—Biased, Sure, But Why?

It's Election Day, as you've probably heard, incessantly. The race for control of the U.S....

movies
Flicka Flick

Critics tend to look down on movies like Flicka, the new film based on the oldtime bestsel...

manners-and-morals
The Deep Meaning of “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”

 Naturally it's tempting for critics to see Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for ...

commerce
New Primetime TV Serials Floundering—Here’s Why

Except for a couple of big successes—NBC's Heroes and ABC's Ugly Betty—this ye...

commerce
The Real D-Wade

Miami Heat NBA superstar Dwyane Wade has a new slate of commercials appearing on televisio...

commerce
The Future of Christian Cinema

In commenting on our discussion of Christian cinema (see posts immediately below), some vi...

commerce
A Bad Sign for Christian Cinema

Screenwriter and script analyst Barbara Nicolosi is extremely disappointed by the Christia...

commerce
Demise of Studio 60: The Social Reality Behind It

In a comment on yesterday's report on and analysis of the ratings woes of NBC's Studio 60 ...

television
“Studio 60” Demise Imminent—Why It’s Happening

NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, one of the network's most highly anticipated new show...

art
The Art of “The Batman”

I've been out of town at a conference for the past few days, and haven't had much of a cha...

mysteries
Lord Darcy Online

I have some good news for you regarding Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy mysteries, which I hi...