movies
Exposing the Dark Side of Environmentalism

Concern for the environment has accomplished wonderful things since the 1940s. Both busine...

television
More “Supernatural” Religion

Tonight's episode of the CW program Supernatural follows up on the religious themes of las...

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“Supernatural” Debate About Religion

  Last Thursday night's episode of the CW drama Supernatural included some inter...

television
Philosophical House

This week's episode of the Fox TV drama House, M.D., "One Day, One Room," featur...

commerce
Left-Wing Talk Radio Is as Popular as Ever!

As AP reports, a wealthy leftist sugar daddy has come to the rescue of beleaguered, bankru...

music
The Pursuit of Happyness—Review

It's not often that Hollywood depicts stockbrokers positively. That's only one of several ...

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Is Rudy a Conservative?

In a very interesting City Journal article, Steven Malanga argues that "Yes, Rudy Gui...

manners-and-morals
Sundance Controversy

A comment on our Academy Awards post below asked our opinion about the controversies regar...

commerce
Leftists Push for TV Censorship

The notion that the left is more liberal-minded than the right is one of those thoroughly ...

commerce
Academy Award Nominations Reflect Cultural Shibboleths

The nominations for this year's Motion Picture Academy Awards were announced today, and th...

movies
“The Curse of the Golden Flower” and Two Ideas of Tragedy

The Curse of the Golden Flower, Zhang Yimou's latest film to be released in America, is a ...

television
American Muslims’ Protests of Fox TV Show “24” Are Misdirected

American Muslim groups have protested to Fox Television for the use of Muslims as terroris...

omniculture
A Fascinating New Sport . . .

Another item in our Everything Happens in the Omniculture series: professional pillow figh...

manners-and-morals
Fathers and TV Fiction

In recent days National Review Online has published a couple of very good articles on the ...

sports
Black Coaches and Equal Opportunity

As if the pressure on National Football League coaches weren't enough, especially during t...

television
The Only Kind of Conservatism These TV Writers Could Imagine As Not Entirely Repulsive

On the Acton Institute's Power Blog, Jordan Ballor analyzes a scene in the most recent epi...

commerce
Flash, Eccentricity Big at Golden Globe Awards

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave out its annual Golden Globe awards last night...

television
New Season of “24” Begins with a Bang

The Fox TV series has progressed from a cult hit to an award-winning cultural bellwether, ...

manners-and-morals
Oprah’s Gift

On her always-interesting blog, columnist Ilana Mercer has composed a fine and sympathetic...

movies
Realism and Bible Films

Surface realism is a perfectly nice thing for a movie to have, but it's a mistake to eleva...

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NC Bar Charges Nifong with Ethics Violations

The North Carolina Bar has filed charges against Durham District Attorney Thomas Nifong. T...

manners-and-morals
Why We Hate

Peter Wood, the brilliant anthropologist and author of the new book A Bee in the Mouth: An...

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Nifong Drops Rape Charges Against Falsely Accused Duke Students

As you may have heard in the news, District Attorney Michael Nifong has dropped the rape c...

movies
A Night Among Billboards

 A clearly well-intentioned movie is rather more of a rarity in Hollywood these days ...