commerce
Music Industry’s Current Travails Are a Very Good Thing Indeed

The recording industry is in a panic as album sales continue to drop. Is this really a pro...

books
Dr. Seuss: Christian Author?

A new book claims the author of the Dr. Seuss stories intended them to convey Christian id...

television
ABC Tries Hand at ‘Life on Mars’

ABC's new fall series based on the BBC time-traveling police drama Life on Mars debuts Oct...

manners-and-morals
A Classical Liberal View of Divorce Laws

Can government strengthen marriage?  (more…)

movies
‘Star Wars’ Fans Doubtful About Forthcoming Film

Audience interest in the forthcoming Star Wars: Clone Wars is rather muted as the film's r...

manners-and-morals
Yes, There Really Is a World Air Guitar Championship….

A new competition proves Americans aren't the only ones with too much time on our hands.&n...

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Obama’s Grand Tour

Gerard Baker of the Times of London presents simply the finest analysis of Obamania yet of...

commerce
‘Dark Knight’ on Record-Setting Pace

Although The Dark Knight achieved the biggest opening weekend and opening week U.S. box of...

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The Agonizingly Slow Tidal Change in U.S. Academia

The last bastion of statism and the passion for political coercion, the American academy, ...

uncategorized
Obama’s Ethnic, Gender Inadequacies

The Democrats' presumptive candidate for president is not black enough, nor feminine enoug...

genres
The Limits of Human Creativity—More on ‘The Dark Knight’

In a comment on our article titled "'Dark Knight' Evokes Interesting Philosophical, T...

genres
The Limits of Human Creativity—More on ‘The Dark Knight’

In a comment on our article titled "'Dark Knight' Evokes Interesting Philosophical, T...

movies
Abba Movie Musical Surprises with Box-Office Record

The movie musical Mamma Mia! finished a strong second to The Dark Knight in the weekend bo...

movies
‘Dark Knight’ Evokes Interesting Philosophical, Theological Ideas

The main villain of The Dark Knight has interesting theological implications.   ...

commerce
Will Smith Is Most Consistently Popular Actor Today

A side note in a story about a new study of Hollywood actors' salaries shows that Will Smi...

commerce
Sherlock or Schlock?

Two new Sherlock Holmes film adaptations are taking very different approaches to the class...

sports
Chess, Boxing a Great Match?

A new sport combines two of the most intense individual competitive pursuits: chess and bo...

manners-and-morals
A Tale of Two Romances in Primetime TV

Two episodes of TV drama series on the same night showed a mature, thoughtful understandin...

commerce
‘Dark Knight’ Sets First-Day Box Office Record

The Dark Knight, the new Batman movie, brought in a record-breaking $66.4 million in its f...

mysteries
New Episodes of Monk, Psych Start Tomorrow

New episodes of USA Network's excellent mystery-comedy series Monk and Psych start tomorro...

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In removing spam comments, the administrator of this publication has to delete them by han...

commerce
A&E Returns to Drama After Long Absence

The new series The Cleaner represents the A&E network's long-overdue return to fiction...

commerce
Hellboy Hot at Box Office

Adventure fantasies with conservative values are maintaining their grip on American movie ...

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‘Closer, ‘Saving Grace’ Return

Two superb TV series, The Closer and Saving Grace, both return this evening, on Turner Net...

television
New Episodes of ‘Top Gear’ Coming to United States

The best nonfiction comedy program now on television is back with new episodes tonight.&nb...

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‘Burn Notice’ Returns

USA Network's Burn Notice returns tonight.  (more…)

commerce
Chinese Artists Call for More Freedom, Citing ‘Kung Fu Panda’

Chinese artists are calling for less govenment control over culture—thanks to a cart...

commerce
Smith’s ‘Hancock’ Dominates U.S. Box Office

The new Will Smith movie, Hancock, is a big success at the box office, despite derision fr...

commerce
‘WALL-E’ Leads Big Weekend for Hollywood

Pixar's WALL-E led a strong slate at the U.S. box office that resulted in the biggest-gros...

commerce
Imus Puts Foot in It Again

Radio talk show host Don Imus has offended black Americans again—but says he was mis...

commerce
Making the Case for Censorship

Arguments over censorship tend to concentrate on it as a national issue, when there's real...

comic-books-graphic-novels
Downey to Lead Genre-Bender

Robert Downey Jr., star of the megahit movie Iron Man, has signed on for a new film that c...

commerce
Better Characters Welcome at USA Network

Recent improvements to the USA Network TV series In Plain Sight show the value of characte...