uncategorized
The Czar of the Teleprompter Fumbles an Off-Script Question

  We've mentioned before how President Obama working without an electronic net c...

television
CBS Series ‘Eleventh Hour’ Ends Season on High Note

      The season-ending episode of the CBS mystery-drama ser...

music
Honor for Elvis Sidemen Is Well-Deserved

     This year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sidemen inductees hav...

movies
TCM Thrillers for April 6 – 12

(more…)

movies
Faith Knows What Science Can Never Understand

The movie Knowing reflects the reality that we all live by faith, and it shows us that the...

mysteries
“Eleventh Hour’ Outdoes TV News on Stem Cell Debate

An episode of CBS-TV's mystery series Eleventh Hour entered the debate over stem cell...

manners-and-morals
New Essay Refutes Fantasy of Life Without Limits

A new essay by S. T. Karnick outlines and refutes "the American fantasy that both ind...

philosophy
Prager Notes Miracle of Human Goodness

Dennis Prager, a thoughtful writer about politics and other subjects, makes a very good po...

commerce
Audiences Flock to ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’

    Monsters vs. Aliens just achieved the best opening weekend at the ...

books
‘The Red Right Hand’ Praised

       A classic mystery novel has just received some w...

books
PBS Dickens Adaptation Politicizes and Vulgarizes Classic Novel

   The latest PBS Masterpiece Classics adaptation of Charles Dickens's clas...

uncategorized
Obama Criticized For Not Filling Out A Women’s Bracket

    No. The Czar of the Teleprompter was not criticized for failing to...

movies
TCM Sci-Fi Films for March 31st – April 1st

(more…)

movies
TCM Thrillers for March 31 – April 5

For crime film fans, Turner Classic Movies offers a slate dominated by cult favo...

commerce
Cage, Catastrophe Draw Top Weekend Movie Numbers

      An imminent world catastrophe and Nicolas Cage drew U....

uncategorized
Tax Humor Shows Healthy Skepticism

What we think of our tax system is a good gauge of the health of our society, Mik...

science-fiction
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Crosses the Red Line—Honorably

    No concluding episode could live up to the overall accomplishment ...

uncategorized
False Dichotomy Is Ruining the American Right

The increasing hostility between libertarians and social conservatives is entirely unneces...

uncategorized
‘Life on Mars’ Exemplifes Variety, Positives of American Popular Culture

Several episodes of ABC's Life on Mars drama series have made some very positive observati...

uncategorized
TCM Thrillers for March 23-29

(more…)

commerce
Audiences Race to Disney’s ‘Witch Mountain’, Abandon ‘Watchmen’

    Race to Witch Mountain knocked Watchmen off the top spot in movie ...

uncategorized
Judge orders Christian parent to stop home schooling her kids

Need another reason to not get a divorce? How about not having judges making basic decisio...

mysteries
TCM Thrillers for March 16 – 22

(more…)

uncategorized
‘Eleventh Hour’ Presents Politically Incorrect Story Line

      A recent episode of the CBS crime drama Eleventh Hour ...

comic-books-graphic-novels
Audiences Watching ‘Watchmen’, but Fewer Than Expected

      Watchmen opened at number 1 in U.S. movie ticket sales...

uncategorized
‘Just let me eat my waffle’

  TAC reporter-analyst Jim Lakely writes very well about politics in addition to...

movies
Watchmen: Dark, brooding, captivating and puzzling

 By Jim Lakely  I saw Watchmen yesterday. And since I'm not a fanboy, — I'...

movies
TCM Thrillers for March 9 – 15

(more…)

scitech
The Czar of the Teleprompter

   By Jim Lakely The Czar of the Teleprompter: that might come to be known ...

journalism
CNN Cancels Hughley Show

By Jim LakelyI didn't even know comedian D.L. Hughley had a show on CNN until the controve...

comic-books-graphic-novels
‘Watchmen’ Graphic Novel Is As Good As They Say

        The Watchmen graphic novel is indeed a fin...

music
Culture Note: Spinal Tap to Tour Unwigged, Unplugged

 The aging geezer comedians who invented the hilarious send-up of hard rock and heavy...

theater
Culture Note: Silent Cal Speaks

  Who would have thought it? One of my favorite presidents, Calvin Coolidge, is ...