manners-and-morals
Charlton Heston’s Greatness

The late Charlton Heston was both a great actor and a very intelligent and thoughtful indi...

manners-and-morals
Attacks on Mexican Emos Reflect Nation’s Fundamental Social Problems—and Political Causes Behind Them

Roving gangs of young men in Mexico are beating and terrorizing teenage boys who like &quo...

manners-and-morals
What Kind of Culture Should We Want?

Most contemporary commentators on both left and right believe that freedom of expression a...

journalism
Bobby Knight Retires – Unlamented by Weenies

The winningest coach in college basketball history, Bobby Knight, retired unexpectedly yes...

journalism
Jacobson’s Back, Protesters Unsatisfied

ESPN2 morning co-anchor Dana Jacobson is back at work after a week's suspension for her dr...

journalism
Mike Potemra on the Jacobson Case and the Proliferation of Outrage

National Review Literary Editor Mike Potemra expands on the thoughts quoted yesterday on t...

manners-and-morals
The Cultural Hegemony of Identity Politics

In all the controversy over the Dana Jacobson issue, I suspect that it is all too easy to ...

commerce
Christ-Hater Skates,Thanks to Elite Prejudice Against Christians

Providing further proof that America's elites are delighted when people of low mental abil...

manners-and-morals
Football Jerseys, Domestic Disputes, and the Nanny State

Sports are important, as they provide physical exercise and personal camaraderie, but to m...

genres
A Dangerous Mystery Writer

TAC Mystery Fiction Correspondent Mary Reed reviews a classic novel by English suspense wr...

manners-and-morals
Christmas Wisdom from Lee Harris

Lee Harris, a very intelligent man who writes thoughtful books and contributes insightful ...

genres
The Value of the Trickster

A classic type of literary and folk-tale character is the trickster, an individual who rou...

manners-and-morals
The Splendid Mr. Rickles

I haven't got around to seeing Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project yet, but I certainly wi...

manners-and-morals
Two Entertaining Detective Film Series

Two very entertaining detective-film series are on display tomorrow on Turner Classic Movi...

books
Norman Mailer and the Hipster Cataclysm

Novelist-journalist Norman Mailer has died at age 84, according to his literary executor. ...

books
The Oppressive Realities of the Sexual Revolution

One of the most important presumably unintended consequences of the Sexual Revolution of t...

genres
New TV Dramas Are Taking Moral Issues Seriously

It's rather startling how much of the culture is exploring moral issues in increasingly tr...

manners-and-morals
ABC’s “Big Shots” Misses Big

ABC's new series Big Shots (Thursdays at 10 pm EDT), which premiered last night, is clearl...

manners-and-morals
The Very Real Dangers of Race-Baiting

The current race controversy in Jena, Louisiana, is, as is the natural order of things, on...

manners-and-morals
Boys Will Be Girls—on TV, in Movies, and in a Stylish Condo or Messy Apartment Near You

The tendency of the nation's schools to suppress boys' natural ways of seeing and doing th...

manners-and-morals
Twilight of Liberty

According to  Reason magazine senior editor Radley Balko in testimony before the U.S....

commerce
Defending the Indefensible, Based on Skin Color

The journalist and novelist Mark Goldblatt has frequently gone out on a limb to criticize ...

manners-and-morals
Rock Stars Get Their Wish to “Die Before I Get Old”: Study

It's a truism that the lyrics, manners, styles, and rhythms of rock musicians' offerings t...

manners-and-morals
Free Will, Determinism, and Pop Culture

The central moral issue of the past century was whether a traditional (in fact, millennias...

commerce
The Perversion of Tolerance

Today on National Review Online, American Enterprise Institute education policy studies di...

commerce
ABC Is “Gayest” TV Network—Study

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has declared that the U.S. televis...

manners-and-morals
Penn and Willis, a Study in Contrasts

Two stories in the news vividly encapsulate the astonishing gulf between left and right to...

commerce
An Immorality Play

The Adam Sandler comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry was the top U.S. box office at...

commerce
TV Tackles the Sensate Culture

Summer has become the main season for cable TV networks to premiere new series and special...

commerce
“Hot Ghetto Mess” TV Program Under Fire

At least two companies have pulled their ads from the upcoming July 25 premiere of the Bla...

manners-and-morals
Fired Actor Plays Race Card

Fleeing headlong to the last refuge of a particular type of scoundrel, actor Isaiah Washin...

commerce
Actor Fired After Homosexual Furor Is Putting Career Back in Order

Actor Isaiah Washington, fired from ABC TV program Gray's Anatomy, one of the top-rated sh...

manners-and-morals
Maiden of Mysteries

Nancy Drew, the new theatrical film based on the classic girls' book series (the first the...