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PBS’s ‘Lewis’ Explores Deeper Mysteries Beyond Who Done It

The PBS series Masterpiece Mystery returns with another year of relatively thoughtful ge...

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Tim Tebow to Sign with Patriots

The team led by the NFL's smartest head coach, the New England Patriots, has decided to ta...

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TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’ Returns for Second Season

The TNT drama series Major Crimes returns tonight for the start of a second season (9:00 E...

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TNT’s ‘Falling Skies’ Soars with Classic Storytelling Approach

Season 3 of the TNT action-drama series Falling Skies begins this Sunday at 9 EDT with a ...

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Story Behind NSA Monitoring of Verizon Phone Records Shows U.S. MSM Remain Obama’s Lapdogs

The Guardian newspaper of London has reported something vitally important to all U.S. citi...

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Genre Classic at a Bargain Price: ‘The Adventures of Ellery Queen’

One of the classic books of the mystery genre is available now at a bargain price in a Kin...

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Movies for Memorial Day on Turner Classics

Turner Classic Movies—cable TV's old-movie channel—has another of its excellent holida...

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Heavy-Handed IRS Tactics Exemplify Progressive Mindset

Here's a very revealing item for those interested in understanding the progressive worldvi...

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Saint, Mrs. Bradley Return to Print, and Saint Will Be Back on TV

The republishing of classic genre fiction (which I know is a contradiction in terms for so...

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McCain Plan Likely to Increase Prices, Reduce Access to TV Programming

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) ""wants to let [cable and satellite TV] customers buy their p...

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NY Times Review Perverts a Baroque Opera

A recent review in the New York Times makes a bizarre claim about a baroque opera by a...

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Walker’s ‘Hailstone Mountain’

Lars Walker, a regular contributor to this publication, just happens to be a highly talent...

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Why Margaret Thatcher Matters

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died today at the age of 87, and we here i...

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Portrait of a Capitalist: PBS Show ‘Mr. Selfridge’

Premiering tonight on Masterpiece Classic on PBS (check local listings for showtimes), Mr....

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AETV’s ‘Bates Motel’ Worth Checking Into

A&E's new drama series, Bates Motel, is another entry in the already overpopulated se...

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Netflix Spending Generously on New TV Series; Amazon and Xbox to Follow

As reported here a few weeks ago, Netflix is making a strong commitment to original progra...

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CW’s ‘Cult’ Presents Interesting Idea, but Does It Work?

Having targeted young females in recent years, with some success but by no means becoming ...

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History Channel’s ‘The Bible: Beginnings’ a Dramatic Presentation of Bible Stories

The new five-part miniseries The Bible, the first episode of which premiered on The Histo...

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AP Redefines ‘Husband,’ ‘Wife’

An Associated Press internal memo that suggested the company's widely used journalism styl...

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Press Bias Evident in New Jersey Beheading Blackout

This is a story about murder, but it's also a story about the U.S. media and their bias ag...

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Group Sues for Free-Speech Rights

Last summer, Christian demonstrators who were reportedly attacked and in fact stoned by ...

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SNL’s ‘Djesus’ Spoof Raises Laughs, Hackles

Last weekend's Saturday Night Live featured a parody movie trailer for Djesus Uncrossed, ...

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Dave Clark Five’s Joyful Sound Remembered

Rick Huxley of the Dave Clark Five has died of emphysema at age 72. Huxley was the first...

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‘Parker’ Brings Westlake Character to Screen Without Excessive Damage to Source

Anyone who follows my writings regularly knows that I am a very big fan of the late, great...

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Sexualization Blues in the New Britain—and What About the USA?

Writing in the Telegraph, columnist Allison Pearson rather cautiously and apologetically...

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Te’o Hoax Tars Notre Dame with Embarrassment

By now you've probably heard about the biggest culture story of the day: the girlfriend of...

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Netflix Makes Smart Programming Move—But Further Opportunities Remain

Creeping back from the abyss, Netflix appears to be taking the smart road after its high...

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Billy Wilder’s ‘The Apartment’—A Caustic, Comic Look at America’s Changing Morality

My recommendation for New Year's Eve viewing, if you're inclined to watch a movie: The A...

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‘How Great Is That?’: SNL Audience Delights in Race Hatred

In his monologue near the beginning of last night's episode of NBC-TV's Saturday Night L...

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The Exemplary Dave Brubeck

Jazz musician and composer Dave Brubeck lived a good, long life, dying yesterday at the ...

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‘Please Stop Watching’ Our Show, ‘Two and a Half Men’ Cast Member Says

Some interesting Man Bites Dog and the Hand That Feeds Him cultural news: a teenage memb...

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Christmas Mysteries on ION

The ION Television Network is presenting a good five hours of Christmas-themed mysteries f...

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Facts, Principles, and the Nature of Liberty

Sometimes, as Shakespeare wrote, brevity is the soul of wit (meaning, the essence of wisdo...