commerce
ION Network to Be Sold—Potential Cultural Asset Wasted

One of the most woefully underutilized cultural assets of the past few years has been the ...

manners-and-morals
The Culture of Personal Irresponsibility

A column by Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter Rick Telander this past weekend, "La Russa...

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How to Understand Contemporary Political Analysis

Our friend Mike has sent us a comment that presents an amusing set of terms by which to un...

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The Rudy G. Process

Our friend Hunter Baker of RedState.com gave us an amusing and insightful response in a co...

manners-and-morals
Giuliani and Abortion: Update

In a comment on my post earlier today about Rudy Giuliani's evolving and complicated posit...

manners-and-morals
Rudy G. Offers Half an Abortion Loaf . . . Will It Be Enough?

In contrast to the other worthies at last night's Simi Valley, California, debate among ca...

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The Democrats’ Gargantuan Government Agenda

The Democrats have done a good job of making themselves sound like Republicans in their ne...

omniculture
Chicagoans March to Support Crime, Criminals

A society without values will accept anything. Enthusiastically.One result of such a lack ...

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A Classical Liberal View of the Proposed Iraq “Surge”

Having gone on record as arguing that the classical liberal position suggests that it is h...

commerce
Web Bubble 2.0?

The Financial Times reports that investors may be engaging in another Internet "bubbl...

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A Classical Liberal View of the Iraq War—Part 2

Mike D'Virgilio makes some good points in his comment on my post outlining "A Classic...

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A Classical Liberal View of the Iraq War

Citing public opinion polls and Congress's vote to require a timetable for the United Stat...

commerce
FCC Urges Congress to Ignore Bill of Rights—So What’s New?

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads as follows:Congress shall make no law r...

manners-and-morals
“A” Student Arrested for Essay

A student in a Chicago suburb has been arrested for writing an essay that allegedly fright...

commerce
Ratings Down for Top Network TV Shows—But Viewership Remains Steady

The networks' top evening TV programs suffered serious viewership ratings losses in the pa...

commerce
Rosie Gone—for Now

ABC Television has announced that Rosie O'Donnell, controversial host of the daytime show ...

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The Greatness of British Film Comedy

If you ever doubt the power of popular culture to affect events, just consider Britain's m...

comic-books-graphic-novels
Batman Begins . . . Again

[I ran across a DVD of the movie Batman Begins recently and was reminded of how representa...

television
Hustle, Season 4, ep. 1

The first episode of the new season of Hustle, the excellent British-American co-productio...

manners-and-morals
Fred Thompson on the Two Minds of Modernity

Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson aptly characterized the two minds of modernity: liberalism ...

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A Picture of Hatred

An interesting article from the Associated Press indicates what was going on in the VT kil...

commerce
AOL a TV Network?

AOL announced yesterday that it is introducing a slate of programs positioning it as a bro...

television
The Con Is On Again

The excellent AMC/BBC-TV series Hustle returns tonight at 10 EST. Tonight's episode commen...

movies
“Meet the Robinsons” Returns to Disney’s Glory Days

The latest animated movie, Meet the Robinsons, released by Disney, marks a return to the D...

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Gun Control Contributes to Chances of Mass Murder

An editorial in today's New York Sun nicely outlines the way in which bans on gun possessi...

manners-and-morals
Why Madmen Kill

The mass shooting at Virginia Tech University will certainly bring a long and laborious di...

manners-and-morals
Rutgers Team Accepts Imus’s Apology—Now That He’s Been Canned

The Rutgers University ladies' basketball team has accepted Don Imus's apology, AP reports...

commerce
Imus Radio Show Canceled

As you've heard, Don Imus's radio show has now been canceled. And so this sorry saga ocmes...

manners-and-morals
The Wisdom of Snoop Dogg

Syndicated columnist Mona Charen unearthed a brilliant gem of insight from the great philo...

commerce
The Double Standard Regarding Offensiveness

As stated here two days ago (see below), radio host Don Imus's characterization of the Rut...

manners-and-morals
An Opportunity to Show Model Behavior

It has been announced that the Rutgers University ladies' basketball team will appear on t...

sports
Last Charges Against Duke Lacrosse Players to Be Dropped—Case Still Not Over, However

AP reports that North Carolina officials have decided to drop the remaining charges agains...

manners-and-morals
The Odious Offense of Don Imus

A commenter asked for our thoughts on the Don Imus affair, and we shall be happy to oblige...