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Are the Nation’s Economic Problems Cultural in Origin?

Writing in National Review Online, political analyst Ryan Streeter posits that the natio...

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Cusack-Poe Movie: Maddest Thing Ever?

The upcoming theatrical film The Raven, evidently based verrrrrrrrry loosely on the storie...

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‘Real Steel’ Tops U.S. Movie Box Office

Rocky meets Transformers meets big U.S. audiences craving upbeat escapism. Story and numbe...

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First Fall TV Series Cancellation Announced—Why ‘The Playboy Club’ Flopped

Upon seeing a headline stating that the first cancellation of a new fall TV series had o...

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‘Terra Nova’ Starts Badly

Big Hollywood reviewer Kurt Schlichter says Fox's new series Terra Nova, set in prehisto...

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New ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Lacks Sense of Fun

Upon hearing that ABC was planning to do a new series of Charlie's Angels three decades af...

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‘Dexter’ Finds Religion—and Murderous Christian Hypocrites

The Showtime series Dexter tackles Christianity in its new season, beginning this Sunday e...

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ABC’s ‘Castle’ Is Back on Its Surrealistic Track

Last night's episode of the ABC TV crime series Castle was the second of this season for ...

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Farewell to ‘All My Children’

The long-running TV soap opera All My Children concludes today. I won't be watching, hav...

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New Novel by Noir Master Cain Discovered

James M. Cain, a prominent crime-fiction novelist in the 1920s and '30s,  is enjoying a b...

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A Vile Prejudice Veers Toward Genocide – The Daily Caller

Where's the outrage? Prejudice against redheads has become so intense that sperm banks are...

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The Acceptable American Hatred

There will be blood, suggests columnist Kevin Jackson at The Black Sphere. The author o...

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Moon Safari’s Latest Album Is Not Commercial—But It Should Be

Moon Safari is an immensely talented progressive rock band from Sweden, but neither their ...

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Moon Safari’s ‘Blomjud’ Brilliantly Combines Folk, Progressive Rock

Double albums are hard to do. Usually, there's enough first-rate music for a little more t...

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‘Globe’ Critic Characterizes ‘The Help’ Filmmakers As Slaveholders

The Help, a comedy-drama film set in the South during the turbulent mid-1960s, finis...

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‘Fly from Here’ Is a Solid Addition to Yes’s Extensive Catalog

Yes is one of the longest-lived rock bands, and one of the most successful both musically ...

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‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Mashup Notable for Flaws, Saving Graces

By S. T. Karnick The general rule for mixed-genre fictions is not that you can expect to ...

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‘Necessary Roughness’ Is Another USA Network Success

By S. T. Karnick Although other program providers garner more awards, critical accol...

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Attacks on Bachmann’s Husband Just Latest Example of the Double Standard of Contemporary Political Rhetoric

Political rhetoric in the United States has always been feverish and low on scruples. That...

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‘Closer’ Begins Final Season

The popular TNT series The Closer begins its final season this week (Mondays, 9 p.m. EDT)....

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‘West Oversea’ Book Trailer Available

The American Culture stalwart Lars Walker, author of several acclaimed novels about Viking...

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Movies You Were Too Good to See in 2010 : NPR

NPR, of all places, makes the case for good, old-fashioned entertainment in the movies. Wi...

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Holiday Weekend Box Office Report: Good News for Fockers, ‘True Grit’; Disaster for ‘Gulliver’s Travels’

Little Fockers topped the U.S. holiday weekend box office. Gulliver's Travels flopped. Tru...

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Author/Philosopher Denis Dutton Dies

Dennis Dutton, an American author and philosopher who moved to New Zealand and served as a...

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Christmas Horror Averted at Virginia School

An inspiring Christmas story: Virginia public school students were apprehended for wearing...

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iPad Competitor Coming Soon from Palm – FoxNews.com

HP will debut the PalmPad tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. It looks lik...

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Genetic Basis for Religion Found

Actor-writer John Cleese explains the rock-solid evidence for atheism, in this very funny ...

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‘TRON: Legacy’ easily zaps the competition at the box office – USATODAY.com

Tron: Legacy got off to a great start at the U.S. box office.  Unfortunately, the excelle...

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Abu Dhabi hotel regrets $11M Christmas ‘overload’ – USATODAY.com

An $11 million Christmas tree in Abu Dhabi suggests its owners might not have understood t...

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Niagara Falls ran dry: Photos show moment iconic waterfall came to standstilll | Mail Online

Once upon a time, the U.S. government halted one of the great icons of the American cultur...

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Can Conservatives Win Back the Arts? – Andrew Klavan – National Review Online

"Despite the Left’s best efforts, conservative and American values are actually coming b...

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TCM Andy Hardy Festival

I don't know why they're showing them in reverse chronological order, but a good deed is a...

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The Numbers – Weekend Box Office Chart

Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader Tops Weekend Box Office.