mysteries
Praise for John Dickson Carr

The talented contemporary British writer Christopher Fowler pens an appreciation for impos...

philosophy
Health Care Is a Culture Issue

Despite the successful (kind of, sort of) passage of the Obama-Reid-Pelosi health care bil...

journalism
The Sad Decline of Peggy Noonan

It's almost getting tiresome to me, this picking on Peggy Noonan for her naivete concern...

television
Does Drew Carey Understand the Culture-Politics Relationship?

Drew Carey to conservatives wanting to work in Hollywood: “You’re doomed.” In other ...

movies
TCM Thrillers (March 22 – 28)

This week: * Monday—Court-martialed! * Tuesday—A stolen gun! * Wednesday—Extraterres...

movies
Pop Culture’s Impact on a Three Year Old

If you don’t think working in the cultural influence professions is important when it co...

philosophy
Shroud of Turin ‘Decoded’ on History Channel

Whatever else the Shroud of Turin might be, it is certainly a fascinating artifact of puzz...

movies
Michael Bay Reboots ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’

Jackie Earl Haley, taking over for Robert Englund in the role of Freddy Krueger, is taking...

uncategorized
Will Conservatives Endorse Big Government Education?

At a time when conservatives regularly promote limited government and condemn further encr...

comic-books-graphic-novels
‘Human Target’ Hits Action-Adventure Mark

As the recent passing of Mission: Impossible star Peter Graves reminds us, the mid-'60s ...

journalism
Hostility Toward ‘The Blind Side’ Indicates Mental Illness, Writer Argues

Mainstream critics' hostility toward The Blind Side is shamefully political, argues Doug P...

genres
‘Justified’ Premieres on FX Network

The new crime-drama series Justified premiered on FX Tuesday night at 10 EDT. The show, ...

books
Stephen King of the Massaged Cliché

Stephen King brings vampires to America's Old West in a newly published comic book. Unfort...

movies
Peter Graves, RIP

Actor Peter Graves died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday at the age of 83. Story and bri...

commerce
‘Alice’ Thrashes Damon’s ‘Green Zone’

Alice in Wonderland crushed Matt Damon this past weekend—bless her heart. The Johnny Dep...

comic-books-graphic-novels
Thousands Gather at Comic Con

Between eight and ten thousand sequential art, science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts gat...

books
James Bowman Denies Denying Artistic Standing to Tolkien and Lewis

James Bowman has kindly responded to my comments on his assertion that “fantasy is not A...

television
‘Apparitions’: Interesting but Overly Fanciful Story About Possession, Exorcisms

As a phenomenon surrounded by mystery and controversy, demonic possession would seem to ...

uncategorized
TCM Thrillers (March 15 – 21)

This week: * Monday—Stone walls do not a prison make. * Tuesday—One should never overl...

books
TCA’s Fiction Friday Previews “Dancing with Derrida”

The March 12 issue of Fiction Friday from the Culture Alliance, included a special excerpt...

books
Are We Privileging Politics In Our Entertainment Choices?

Given my conservative frame of mind, fiction that bucks today’s politically correct dogm...

uncategorized
From 30k Ft. New Left Radicals Look Like Tea Party Activists

If more conservatives and classical liberals worked at the New York Times, would conservat...

commerce
Europe, Not America, Has A Free Market in Sports Entertainment

A few weeks back, the Obama administration declared that it “strongly supports House pas...

noteworthy
Actor Corey Haim’s Tragic Life Ended

Corey Haim’s tragic life came to an end in what appears to be a drug overdose. (more&hel...

art
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Are Not ‘Real’ Artists?

Not according to James Bowman. They and numerous others create what Bowman dismissively r...

journalism
Libel Tourism’s Threat to Free Speech

Remember when the Left was all a twitter (and I don’t mean they pontificated in 140 char...

commerce
‘Alice’ Ten Feet Tall at Movie Box Office

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland topped even Avatar last weekend, with $116.3 million of t...

movies
Academy Awards a Pleasant, Depoliticized Surprise

'Hurt Locker' director Kathryn Bigelow, co-producers, and stars at 82nd Academy Awards T...

movies
Academy Awards, Meh

The Academy Awards are tonight on ABC, but even with the expanded Best Picture field, they...

manners-and-morals
Are Liberty and Freedom Synonymous?

Ever since I came to political awareness many moons ago, I’ve been puzzled by the words ...

movies
TCM Thrillers (March 8 – 14)

This week: * Monday—Storm and stress in La Bella Roma. * Tuesday—They say confession i...

uncategorized
NBC’s ‘Community’ an Exemplary Sitcom

In addition to its well-publicized, disastr0us experiment with moving Jay Leno to primetim...

commerce
Fox News Remains Far Ahead of Competitors

Fox News Channel remains the top-rated cable news network by far, drawing more viewers tha...