mysteries
“Monk” and “Psych”

The USA Network mystery-comedy series Monk and Psych are both entering the season's stretc...

commerce
Important Notice About the Academy Awards

The movie industry's most important annual moment, the Academy Awards ceremony, will be sh...

uncategorized
A Free Ride Is Not Enough: Obama

A very good article by Jon Friedman at Marketwatch points out that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL...

uncategorized
The Great Hate

At the RedState blog, Hunter Baker provides a very good summary of what the Great Hate dir...

manners-and-morals
Hardaway Controversy: Michael Medved Joins the Fray

As Carl Olsen noted in our comments section, writer and radio host Michael Medved has weig...

manners-and-morals
Broussard on Homosexuality and Tolerance

As we noted yesterday, in the post immediately below, most of the intellectual-political-c...

manners-and-morals
Eerie Silence on the Right Regarding Hardaway Controversy

I've done a quick check of the major intellectual magazines on the right—such as Nat...

manners-and-morals
Destruction of Hardaway Continues, Freedom of Speech Confirmed Dead

Former NBA player Tim Hardaway has apologized once again for his remarks last week in whic...

television
“The 1/2 Hour News Hour”—Review

Contrary to numerous gloomy internet reports prior to its airing, tonight's premiere episo...

television
Staleness Within “The State Within”

Sometimes things turn out just the way you suspected they would, and sometimes they turn o...

television
Britain’s “24”

The UK version of 24 starts tonight in the United States, when BBC America will run the fi...

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Giuliani’s Social Conservative Credentials

The attention to former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani's stances on social issues has been i...

television
Medved Endorses “Half Hour News Hour”

As conservative critic/commentator Michael Medved notes, conservative bloggers have been a...

manners-and-morals
Is “Homophobia” Natural?

Yesterday we noted that former NBA star Tim Hardaway could argue that his aversion to homo...

manners-and-morals
Freedom of Speech for Some and Not for Others—the Hardaway Controversy

Retired NBA great Tim Hardaway was asked about homosexual former player John Amaechi yest...

television
PBS’s “Dracula” Adaptation

The new, PBS adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula is a thorough reimagining o...

genres
“Inside Man” and the Perils of “Transcending the Genre”

 I recently got around to viewing Spike Lee's bank robbery hostage drama Inside Man. ...

television
“The Half-Hour News Hour” to Premiere This Sunday

Pascal Fervor kindly forwarded us the following email message regarding the new comedy pro...

movies
“La Femme Nikita”

In a comment on our recent 24 item, writer Hunter Baker strongly recommends the TV program...

commerce
Grammy Wrap-Up

 I am seldom capable of watching an awards show, as they are just too painfully stupi...

genres
Billy Wilder’s “Witness” and the Pleasures of Genre Fiction

A commenter going by the cybernom of Pascal Fervor has made some interesting and  pro...

television
“24” Mastermind Joel Surnow

Predictably, the New Yorker's feature article on the Fox TV program 24 is overly long and ...

movies
What’s Really Behind “Babel”

The film Babel, currently in theaters, has received great acclaim from critics, along with...

movies
Exposing the Dark Side of Environmentalism

Concern for the environment has accomplished wonderful things since the 1940s. Both busine...

television
More “Supernatural” Religion

Tonight's episode of the CW program Supernatural follows up on the religious themes of las...

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“Supernatural” Debate About Religion

  Last Thursday night's episode of the CW drama Supernatural included some inter...

television
Philosophical House

This week's episode of the Fox TV drama House, M.D., "One Day, One Room," featur...

commerce
Left-Wing Talk Radio Is as Popular as Ever!

As AP reports, a wealthy leftist sugar daddy has come to the rescue of beleaguered, bankru...

music
The Pursuit of Happyness—Review

It's not often that Hollywood depicts stockbrokers positively. That's only one of several ...

uncategorized
Is Rudy a Conservative?

In a very interesting City Journal article, Steven Malanga argues that "Yes, Rudy Gui...

manners-and-morals
Sundance Controversy

A comment on our Academy Awards post below asked our opinion about the controversies regar...

commerce
Leftists Push for TV Censorship

The notion that the left is more liberal-minded than the right is one of those thoroughly ...

commerce
Academy Award Nominations Reflect Cultural Shibboleths

The nominations for this year's Motion Picture Academy Awards were announced today, and th...