manners-and-morals
Culture and Nature: Animals Gone Wild

Our friend and fellow classical liberal Ilana Mercer has a very interesting and well-argue...

commerce
Lowlanders Tiring of Smutty TV

Who would have thought that the merry Dutch, world pioneers of mass-marketed pornography, ...

commerce
What’s Good About Ultimate Fighting

 I know a couple of fellows, perfectly reputable sorts, who follow "ultimate fig...

manners-and-morals
Guest Article: The New Avant-garde: Clean Comedy

Our friend Mike D'Virgilio has posted an interesting article on a cultural trend toward &q...

manners-and-morals
Jerry Garcia on the Omniculture

Our Reform Club colleague Tom Van Dyke sent us this nifty quote from the late Jerry Garcia...

manners-and-morals
Here Come the Big-Mouth Idiots

There is something rather interesting and revealing in all the recent controversies about ...

books
Can We Judge Literature?

I stirred up some concerns among PKD fans with my Philip K. Dick article, which was cross-...

commerce
The Real D-Wade

Miami Heat NBA superstar Dwyane Wade has a new slate of commercials appearing on televisio...

commerce
The Future of Christian Cinema

In commenting on our discussion of Christian cinema (see posts immediately below), some vi...

commerce
A Bad Sign for Christian Cinema

Screenwriter and script analyst Barbara Nicolosi is extremely disappointed by the Christia...

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Madonna’s Crucifixion Reported Cancelled

The American Family Association has announced that NBC TV has decided to delete the mock c...

commerce
The Demise of Oldies on FM Radio—and a Look at the Future

  In a comment on my Chuck Berry post (immediately below) "Diskojoe" o...

manners-and-morals
What Happens in Vegas . . .

Regarding the well-known Las Vegas promotional ads claiming that "What happens in Veg...

manners-and-morals
Fannysmackin’ Our Vegas Mentality

The closing words of tonight's episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation express a truly g...

commerce
“Bravo” for the Omniculture

One of the biggest trends of the past couple of decades has been the increasing commercial...

manners-and-morals
Liberty and Culture

I've just returned from a conference on great Americans' contributions to the nation's ong...

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Offending Christians OK at NBC, Bothering Atheists Not an Option

Yesterday we noted that NBC is leaning toward including Madonna's mock crucifixion scene w...

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Critics Go Political, Audiences Prefer Romance: Toronto Film Festival

The prizes have been awarded at the Toronto Film Festival, and as might have been expected...

commerce
CBS Premieres New Show “Jericho” on Web Before Broadcast Debut

In another manifestation of the trend of major media outlets using the internet to promote...

art
Art That Bites

Artists in the twentieth-century increasingly operated on the insight that it is vain, stu...

manners-and-morals
Bush “Snuff” Film Premieres in Toronto

James Pinkerton of Tech Central Station went all the way up to Toronto for the city's annu...

manners-and-morals
A National Scandal: Brad Pitt, Beloved Sweetheart Angelina Tragically Prevented from Marrying!

I am regrettably rather late in mentioning the actor Brad Pitt's enlightening recent comme...

commerce
Media Consolidation Reversing?

Numerous writers and analysts have pointed out that large media conglomerates' purchases o...

commerce
New Film to “Speak Language of Sex” to Mainstream Audiences

Another item for our ongoing Everything Happens in the Omniculture department:Shortbus, a ...

commerce
Quirkiness for Sale

The commercialization of eccentricity continues to reach new levels of absurdity. Charisma...

movies
Mozart in the Trenches

In our ongoing Everything Happens in the Omniculture department, British filmmaker Kenneth...

commerce
A Magazine for the Modern Lady’s Hectic Schedule

Here's a publication no one should be without: Four Weeks is a new monthly magazine that i...

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A Pictorial Tour of the Prestigious MTV Video Awards

Just FYI, the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards took place in New York City last night. I have n...

omniculture
UK Cracks Down on Violent Pornography

The United Kingdom is cracking down on violent pornography, after a campaign led by the fa...

art
Baby Poop Art

In our ongoing Everything Happens in the Omniculture department, E! Online reports that a ...

commerce
Hong Kong Entertainers Protest Invasions of Privacy

A protest movement in Hong Kong (led by one of my favorite entertainment figures, Jackie C...

commerce
The Emmys, for Those Who May Care

Yes, the TV academy's annual Emmy Awards are coming up fast, and the ceremony at which the...

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Manners, Morals, and Macy

Manners are important to society and to each of us as individuals, in that they codify and...