philosophy
It’s the Culture, Stupid!

    Facing a serious beating in the upcoming elections, the American r...

uncategorized
California’s Proposition 8 Is Indeed a Civil Rights Issue

     Unsurprisingly, Hollywood is coming on strong in the final d...

commerce
‘High School Musical 3’ Rules Movie Box Office

     Two genre films—High School Musical 3: Senior Year and...

philosophy
Housing Bailout Shows Stark Choice Between Liberty and Aristocracy

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

uncategorized
The Integrity of Sarah Palin

  Entertainment industry executives are pondering how best to exploit Alaska Gov...

theater
‘Screwtape’ Play Captures Brilliance of Lewis Book

      The theatrical drama The Screwtape Letters captures th...

books
Annotated ‘Dracula’ Reportedly Provides Book’s Original, Very Different Ending

  A new edition of Dracula, the extremely influential 1897 gothic novel written ...

uncategorized
ABC’s ‘Life on Mars’ Stumbles

   ABC's Life on Mars police drama-fantasy stumbled badly tonight in pursui...

journalism
‘National Review’ Allows Diverse Opinions, Former Staffer Says

    A former associate editor of National Review magazine says Christo...

uncategorized
New Crash Bandicoot Game Takes Puckish Look at Pop Culture, Society

     The latest game in the Crash Bandicoot series includes a goo...

movies
German Film Tells Story of Soviet Atrocities After WWII

   The new film Anonyma: Eine Frau in Berlin depicts outrages by the Soviet...

journalism
Media Polls of Presidential Race May Be Wrong: Report

      Having used skewed polls for many years in a concerted...

journalism
From the ‘Duh!’ File: Hollywood Republicans ‘Feel Bullied’

    It's always good when the mainstream media finally acknowledge the...

movies
Stone’s ‘W.’ No Winner

      Oliver Stone's W. is a good try but ultimately a miss,...

uncategorized
Media Frenzy over Finance Sector Could Cause Dire, Prolonged Misery

More government regulation is not the answer to economic problems but instead makes the si...

movies
Documentary Calls Attention to Contemporary Slavery

        Musician Steve Dillon's documentary Call +...

movies
Are Films Inherently Stupid? Or Just Filmmakers?

   The shortcomings and travails of cinematic mystery fiction could suggest...

commerce
Public Prefers Payne over Politics

      U.S. audiences just wish the Hollywood left would move...

philosophy
Conservative Kimball Agrees: Obama Would ‘Transform’ America

   Conservative columnist Roger Kimball explains just how "transformat...

television
McCain, Palin Grab Big Ratings

    Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin achieved the highest ratings...

television
McCain and Palin Hit the Comedy Trail

   Trailing in the polls, Republican presidential ticket Sen. John McCain a...

uncategorized
Celebrity Endorses McCain-Palin

  In light of the innumerable endorsements of presidential candidate Barack Obam...

television
Lifetime Network Movie Shows Deaths, Pain Caused by Government Health Care Intrusion

     A new Lifetime Network docudrama reveals the deaths and pain...

movies
Filmmaker Hopes to Make Optimism Popular Again

   TV producer and filmmaker J. J. Abrams is directing and producing the fo...

mysteries
U.S. Version of ‘Life on Mars’ Starts Well

     ABC TV's American version of the much-lauded BBC police dram...

uncategorized
The Idealism Behind Hollywood Stars’ Support for Obama

 The real reason Hollywood stars and other idealistic celebrities hate George W. Bush...

television
New NBC Sitcom Is a Likeable Timewaster

    NBC's new sitcom Kath and Kim is funny but unduly trivial. (more...

movies
Carell to Tackle Brigadier Gerard

    Comic actor Steve Carell is bringing to the silver screen one of A...

commerce
Revelations: Extraterrestrial Societies, How to Make Oil

  What extraterrestrial societies could tell us about ourselves if they existed;...

mysteries
America’s Father Brown

    Melville Davisson Post's "Uncle Abner" is one of the gre...

uncategorized
Irreconcilable Differences Between Left and Right?

Looking at arguments regarding the political and cultural polarization of America, TAC cor...

uncategorized
Green Agenda May Weaken as Economy Tightens

     Although being "green" has been a hot cultural pos...

movies
Biopics and Politics

     Hollywood biopics have commonly fictionalized their subjects...