music
Dave Clark Five, Beatles, Other ’60s Pop Music Performers on TV Tonight

The excellent 1960s pop group the Dave Clark Five will be featured tonight on Turner Cla...

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Curry Interview Indicates State of Climate Debate

The Australian magazine Quadrant has an excellent interview with climatologist Judith Curr...

television
Advice for Those Contemplating Watching ‘Penny Dreadful’

If you're a Showtime subscriber who's wondering whether to watch the new series Penny Drea...

manners-and-morals
Robertson Reiterates Beliefs in Easter Sunday Sermon, and Some Are Shocked . . . Shocked

The good people at Radar Online, USA Today, and other piously progressive media outl...

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A Tribute to George Strait

George Strait, now on his retirement tour, is one of the greats of country music. Combinin...

journalism
Lack of Credibility Is Killing Mainstream Media

Writing at Blacklisted News, Michael Snyder provides a cogent analysis of the continuing...

mysteries
‘Twin Peaks’ to Be Released on Blu-Ray

One of the best TV series ever, Twin Peaks, will finally be released on Blu-Ray in the Uni...

education
Contemporary Academe: Western Civ=White Male Heterosexuals=Evil

Writing at The American Spectator Online, Ross Kaminsky astutely identifies the real moti...

television
Flipped Off: HGTV Show Cancelled Because of Hosts’ Christianity

The nation's cultural elites have openly declared war on Christianity, using attitudes t...

television
Colbert to Replace Letterman

Stephen Colbert has been announced as the new host for CBS's The Late Show when current ...

music
PBS ‘Great Peformances’ Profiles The Dave Clark Five

The PBS series Great Performances has produced a two-hour special about The Dave Clark F...

movies
Remembering Mickey Rooney’s Hardy Films, Other Achievements

To an aficionado of classic black-and-white movies, the death of Mickey Rooney has special...

mysteries
Classic Ellery Queen ‘Greek Coffin Mystery’ at a Bargain Price

One of the finest early-period mysteries by one of the greatest mystery writers (actually ...

mysteries
‘Psych’ Ends Eight-Year USA Network Run

The long-running USA Network series Psych ends its run tonight (9 EDT) after eight season...

music
Transatlantic’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ Is Classic Progressive Rock

Although progressive rock has had a low profile in the music world since the rise of punk ...

movies
Ramis, ‘Stripes’, and Big Government

Clever people have long claimed that analyzing comedy kills people’s enjoyment of it. I ...

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When Harold Met Norm–The Real Harold Ramis

If you want to know a little more about Harold Ramis, the widely admired comic actor-write...

movies
Oscar Winner McConaughey Credits God, Family, Hard Work for His Success

Actor Matthew McConaughey's acceptance speech for the Motion Picture Academy's Best Actor ...

movies
Ritchie-Directed ‘Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ Film to Open Next Jan. 16

A new film based on the 1960s TV spy series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., directed by Guy Ritch...

mysteries
‘Psych’ Out at USA Network

Finally putting the rumors to rest, USA Network has announced the cancellation of long-run...

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‘Psych’ Season Premiere Is One of Show’s Best Episodes Yet

The USA Network series Psych is undeniably one of the most entertaining shows on televisio...

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What Happens When ‘the Guardrails of Rationality’ Weaken

Writing for New Geography (an always interesting site run by Joel Kotkin), architect Richa...

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‘Wire’ Creator Calls for More Socialism

David Simon, onetime journalist and the creator and producer of the award-winning TV drama...

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Under Fire for Eucharist Burger, Restaurateur Expresses His Moral Philosophy

The Chicago restaurant that sells a hamburger adorned with an unconsecrated communion wa...

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New Eucharist Burger: ‘Do You Want Salvation with That?’

At the Kuma's Corner restaurant, the chef likes to invent new hamburgers named after roc...

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Astros Set Record-Low 0.0 TV Rating, but Still Rake in Cable Money

The Houston Astros Major League Baseball team set a record this week, and it is a dubious ...

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Leonard, Michaels and the Passing of American Values

Two prominent authors of crime fiction left us in the last week, but only one received muc...

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Russian Athletes’ Kiss Sparks Political Speculation

Now that American homosexual-advocacy groups rule the United States, they are trying to ad...

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BBC America Crime Drama ‘Broadchurch’ Disappoints as Genre Effort, but Has Compensations

The new (to U.S.. viewers) British crime series Broadchurch premieres tonight on BBC Ameri...

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TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’ Episode Tackles Gender Issues Without Moralizing

Last night's episode of the TNT police procedural drama Major Crimes used the subject o...

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‘FrackNation’ on AXS-TV Tonight

A message from acclaimed documentary filmmakers Phelim and Ann McAleer: Last night HBO pre...

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U.S. Box Office: ‘White House Down’ Down, ‘Heat’ Up

The big-budget film White House Down had a poorer than expected opening weekend despite th...

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Ordinary Detectives: TNT’s ‘King and Maxwell’

After viewers got a look at TNT"s new crime drama series, King and Maxwell (Mondays at 10...