genres
‘Monk’ Enters Final Weeks

     The USA Network's first hit show, Monk, is nearing the end of its...

prose-fiction
Fiction Friday: Father Dowling, an Extraordinary Story, and More

In the latest issue of its weekly newsletter on prose fiction, The Culture Alliance shines...

genres
‘Fourth Kind’ Unfairly Derided by Critics

   Although popular with audiences, the paranormal thriller The Fourth Kind...

television
AMC’s ‘Prisoner’ Tries, But Can’t Escape 1960s Ambiguity

AMC-TV's The Prisoner miniseries touches on some serious philosophical ideas--but ultimate...

commerce
‘2012’ No Box Office Disaster in First Week

Overcoming much negative pre-release criticism and showing the public's rising interest in...

genres
AMC-TVs ‘Prisoner’ Poses Philosophical Questions in Action Drama

      The Prisoner, on AMC-TV, is an interesting adaptation ...

music
Review: Mute Math Is Adventurous, Liberating

      Refusing to be pigeonholed, Mute Math has chosen an in...

movies
‘Equalizer’ Star Woodward Played Exemplary Heroes

       The late Edward Woodward was an exemplary actor,...

genres
Review: PBS Mystery ‘Place of Execution’

    Although many contemporary crime novelists strive for greater real...

philosophy
ABC’s “Flash Forward” Dealing with Deep Philosophical Questions

      Characters in the drama wonder if having seen a vision...

movies
Woody Allen’s Big Blind Spot

It's not inherently a bad thing that the characters in Woody Allen's movies tend to be v...

manners-and-morals
Italian Courts: Genes Made Man Murder

     Two Italian courts reduced a convicted criminal's sentence b...

movies
The Gulag Lives On–But Not in Our Culture

     The creative worlds’ failure to spark the public&rsquo...

commerce
Disney’s ‘Christmas Carol’ Disappoints at Box Office, Carrey Slams Capitalism

The new adaptation of A Christmas Carol from Disney and director Robert Zemeckis opened un...

people
‘Mad Men’ Treatment of Hilton Praised

      The current season of AMC-TV's acclaimed drama series ...

uncategorized
Novel Depicts Triumph of Socialist-Hedonist State

   Washington, DC-based speechwriter, journalist, and fiction writer Michae...

books
Welcome to Fiction Friday

 The Culture Alliance’s latest in its work fostering a culture of liberty and p...

television
ABC’s ‘V’ Casts Doubt on Obamania

  The new ABC TV drama series, V, a remake of a 1980s series about an insidious ...

uncategorized
Current Election Could Herald Rejection of Elitists of Both Parties

   Off-year elections are usually not particularly interesting, but in the ...

books
Book Review: God and the Death Penalty

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commerce
Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ Is It–Outside U.S.

The Michael Jackson film This Is It led at the U.S. movie box office during its first week...

books
‘The Red Right Hand’ Considered and Reconsidered

      Conflicting opinions about the mystery novel The Red R...

journalism
PBS and the Great Hangover

Government broadcaster PBS is running a new, five-part series on a subject naturally inter...

commerce
Time Inc., Continues Downsizing

The repugnant Time Inc., publisher of Time magazine, is implementing massive employee layo...

commerce
BBC Cuts Jobs

The British Broadcasting System, the very model of a bloated, sclerotic, elitist, statist ...

journalism
No Left-wing Tolerance for Dissent

        A liberal professor learns the limits of libera...

journalism
Confessions of a Cultural Dropout

         Dropping out of culture isn’t ...

movies
Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” Really Was

   Released yesterday, This Is It is a behind the scenes look at rehearsals...

television
Rod Serling’s brave new world of TV

Before 'The Twilight Zone,' sci-fi was for kids -- and writers didn't run series, says Sus...

uncategorized

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philosophy
The Hinduization of America

    The power of professions of cultural influence to affect people's ...

uncategorized