commerce
Movies for Good Girls

A new wave of movies aimed at young girls is coming, starting this Friday with the theatri...

manners-and-morals
Anti-Male, Anti-Marriage “Humor”

Jenny Morse is an excellent libertarian writer and thinker, with a Ph.D. in economics, who...

commerce
Hating the American Dream

 It appears that I am nearly the only person in the United States who never cared abo...

commerce
Please, No!

AP reports the horrible news:Galvanized by the success of "Shrek the Third," Jef...

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Who Are the Real Conservatives Today?

Kathryn Lopez has written an excellent article on "the Right's love-hate relationship...

commerce
ABC Enforces Homosexual Protection Rule

For calling a fellow actor a "fag" during an argument with still another actor, ...

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The Opiate of the Elite

In a comment on our Hollywood Politics post of yesterday, Robert Champ, a literary instruc...

movies
Connery to Skip Indy 4

Sean Connery has confirmed that he will not return to play Henry Jones Sr. in the forthcom...

commerce
More Progress on “Jericho” TV Program Return

As we noted two weeks ago, CBS television has been contemplating resurrecting the series J...

commerce
Hollywood Politics—A Substitute Religion

Lars Walker has placed a very insightful comment on my post on recent Hollywood movies, im...

movies
Pirates, Shrek, Spidey, etc.—When Eccentric Characters Become Boring

Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is going gangbusters at the box office, ...

commerce
The Foul Odor Emanating from Time Warner

In a comment on our Turner Classic Movies post below, Mike Tooney says, "If the gay a...

commerce
Classic Movie Channel Goes Gay

Former National Review editor and journalist extroardinaire John O'Sullivan has frequently...

books
The Dead Sleep Lightly—Review

My fellow Golden Age of Detective Mysteries afficionado Mike Tooney has written an excelle...

philosophy
Was Mill a Classical Liberal?

Short answer: Not always and in every way.The question arose when my Tech Central Station ...

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Does Classical Liberalism Work in Foreign Affairs?

A commenter suggests that classical liberal principles are an impractical guide to interna...

movies
America’s Greatest Movie Star

Today marks the centenary of the birth of the greatest movie star of all time, John Wayne....

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Bush Moving Toward Classical Liberal Position on Iraq?

 President Bush echoed two thoughts from my "Classical Liberal Analysis of the I...

commerce
What TV Networks Owe Loyal Viewers

Do producers and TV networks have an obligation to their viewers?Producers and networks ar...

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The Two Minds of the West

As frequent visitors Pascal and Mike both note in comments on my "Theocracy Slur"...

manners-and-morals
The Theocracy Slur

One of the most powerful weapons of the left today has quietly taken hold and moved into t...

manners-and-morals
A Strong Defense of Jerry Falwell—And an Appreciation of Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter's thoughts on the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, from her most recent column, are im...

music
The Milton Friedman Choir

Now here's a production that combines beauty and sense: a choir singing about the ideas of...

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Leftist Voice of Sanity on Global Warming

The far-left polemicist Alexander Cockburn, longtime columnist for The Nation, has been op...

manners-and-morals
Leftists Spew Hatred Toward Dead Man—A Call for Action

The explosion of hatred toward the late Rev. Jerry Falwell on the left is truly appalling....

commerce
Why Movie Characters Smoke So Much

In a comment on our entry on Hollywood censorship of smoking, Lars Walker points out that ...

genres
The Politics of Jerry Falwell

The Rev. Jerry Falwell, a televison evangelist and moral activist, died today at the age o...

commerce
Hollywood to Censor Smoking

 The Motion Picture Assoociation of America has announced that portrayals of smoking ...

books
F. A. Hayek and the Essentials of Classical Liberalism

My essay on the Austrian economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek in the April 20 print e...

manners-and-morals
Movie Moms

In honor of Mother's Day, here is my contribution to the National Review Online symposium ...

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Rudy Makes Up His Mind on Abortion

The New York Times reports that former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani is going to clarify his pos...

commerce
FCC’s Claims of TV Violence Problem Are Phony, Records Show

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's claims that excessive television violence req...

commerce
Should MLB Teams Ban Alcohol or Alcoholics?

Our column on "The Culture of Personal Irresponsibility" received some unexpecte...