commerce
E-Readers Will Save Magazines, Not Harm Them, ‘Wired’ Editor Says

Magazines have a bright future on e-reader tablets, and they have nothing to fear from the...

commerce
Hulu to Lose Comedy Central Shows

In a move indicating serious problems with Hulu's business model and advertising sales, Vi...

commerce
New ‘Rockford Files’ Lead Actor Announced

NBC has announced that Dermot Mulroney will star as the title character of the upcoming Ro...

noteworthy
Fall Release of Andrew Klavan’s “The Identity Man”

Looks like Andrew Klavan will have a busy November. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt looks to rel...

commerce
Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ Return: Controversially, No Surprises

If you want to identify the most controversial person in television, forget about Glenn ...

books
E-Bibles Lead the Way

"If you want to see what a 21st century reading experience should look like, . . . the mar...

philosophy
Calvin Takes on Darwin

From time immemorial, human beings have been confronted with a perpetual question that f...

movies
‘Shutter Island’ Clichés Can’t Stop DiCaprio Star Power, Genre Appeal

Although it's ambiguous about much, Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island makes two things extr...

noteworthy
BBC America Announces New Doctor Who Eps

A new series of Doctor Who episodes will get their U.S. premiere on BBC America beginning ...

commerce
Discovery Files Amicus Brief in ‘Must-Carry’ Challenge

The Discovery Network has joined a legal challenge to a longstanding FCC ruling forcing ca...

noteworthy
Curling on the Rise

CNN explains why the sport of curling has gained significant new attention during these Wi...

movies
TCM Thrillers (March 1 – 7)

This week: * Monday—Brando is all at sea. * Tuesday—Sydney Greenstreet likes to talk t...

movies
‘Cop Out’ Doesn’t Just Stink, But It’s Racist, Too?

The new movie "Cop Out" has created a lot of buzz, and not just because critics are hamm...

books
Fiction Friday: Teaching Style vs. Grammar

Should a certain writing style be pushed by authors and teachers as embodying good writing...

music
Another Angle on Sinatra’s ‘Way’

Essay by Hal White Perhaps only The American Culture (TAC) can talk intelligently about F...

noteworthy
HuffPo Hopes for Religious Revival

The Huffington Post is adding a section on religion, which seems intent on redefining it a...

television
Forget the White House: Imagine the Sarah Palin Show

As time goes by, more folks on the Right realize that there’s more to America than what...

noteworthy
Buckley Critique Misses Point

S. T. Karnick writes about Christopher Buckley and the Mount Vernon Statement on Pajamas M...

commerce
Lifetime Tries Again.

After suffering ratings disasters by changing its highly popular programming lineup to cha...

noteworthy
Kornheiser Suspended

ESPN commentator Tony Kornheiser has been suspended for two weeks for criticizing a fellow...

music
Glass Hammer Cheers

For well over a decade, Glass Hammer has been one of the most impressive and productive ...

books
Review: Klavan’s Latest Will Leave You Breathless, Wanting More

Andrew Klavan shines with his latest young adult novel The Long Way Home. On several occa...

philosophy
Surprise: Daily Kos Poll Identifies Republicans As Extremists

Before I comment on the results of the poll, one question: Where are the polls that show...

movies
TCM Thrillers (February 22 – 28)

This week: * Monday—Cary Grant doesn't think imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...

prose-fiction
Yevgeny Who?

   Jeff Riggenbach, at the libertarian Ludwig von Mises Institute, has a podcast about a...

omniculture
The Mount Vernon Statement – Well-intentioned but Short-Sighted

Conservative leaders got together and decided, “What we need to do now is pretty much wh...

movies
Reality vs. Hollywood

Our friend Andrew Klavan has a wonderful little piece in City Journal called “Culture vs...

comic-books-graphic-novels
A Horror Comic About an Aborted Child Deftly Avoids Propaganda

A work about abortion easily lends itself to propaganda, either for or against this contro...

science-fiction
The Hound of Altair 4

FORBIDDEN PLANET Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen,...

science-fiction
Giant Bugs vs. The Long Arm of the Law

THEM! Warner Brothers, 1954. James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onsl...

books
Dick Francis, Mystery Novelist, Born Storyteller

British mystery novelist Dick Francis produced a steady stream of very good and well-rec...

commerce
‘Valentine’s Day’ Movie Does Big Business, ‘Percy’, ‘Wolfman’ Also Strong

Hollywood had a record weekend at the U.S. box office during the past few days, with the c...

people
Steven Weber: A Huffington Post Clown Who Thinks He’s Smart

Steven Weber, who starred in "Wings," is a contributor to that font of mainstream Hollyw...