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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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Vin Scully Makes the Grade

I don’t think anyone has written about Vin Scully at The American Culture. Who is Vin Sc...

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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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Scaring Us to Death — Literally

Dr. Kesten C. Green and Tom Harris note how past scares about such things as mercury level...

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The New New Deal Isn’t As Disastrous As the Old New Deal — It’s Worse!

The specter of John Maynard ("If you're stuck in a hole, just keep digging") Keynes must b...

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A Wall Street Harmonic Convergence

Events like this one are guaranteed to attract the extremes: communists, anarchists, anarc...

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Out of Control — And All the Better for It

Bill Bonner goes against the Big Media-Big Government model for prosperity. He responds to...

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The Ups and Downs of Left and Right

In a 1956 article addressed to libertarians (but from which others might benefit), Leonard...

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Is History’s View of Teddy Roosevelt All Wrong?

(This is in response to a comment from S. T. Karnick.) Jim Powell decided to reassess Ted...

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Cultural Marxism — Is It Here to Stay?

If it does, you can blame ... J. R. R. Tolkien? . . . one of the things that I talk about ...

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There Was a Drone in Gadhafi’s Sky

. . . and it's likely there'll be one in your sky, too — if not now, then soon: In June,...

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“Homofascists” Make Sure Social Media Are Unsafe

Erik Rush has discovered just how unsafe: Several pages on Facebook run by these homofasci...

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The “Blessings” of Technocracy

I'm all for free enterprise and true capitalism, as every right-thinking person should be....

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Fred Steiner, R.I.P.

Most people don't know who Fred Steiner was. As a musical composer and conductor, his work...

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Honor in a Dark World: John Huston’s ‘The Maltese Falcon’

John Huston’s 1941 film version of Dashiell Hammet’s novel The Maltese Falcon is, in...

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“Conan the Barbarian”: Not Perfect, But Closer

With this review, I consciously renounce all right to any respect as a film critic. I lov...

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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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Book Review: ‘The Days of Laméch’ (A Reposting)

The Days of Laméch — By Jon Saboe — Outskirts Press — 2011 — Novel — Trade pape...

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Is Western Culture Going Insane?

David Solway thinks that the West is exhibiting "[t]he symptoms of an imperium in its dota...

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“Hitler’s Bible”

On the CMI website, Russell Grigg tries to set the record straight: Elimination of the Jew...

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“World Collapse Explained in 3 Minutes”

Actually, 2 minutes and 45 seconds.

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Wheels Within Wheels: Not One-World Government but “The One-World Company”

"Everybody wants to rule the world." So goes the song. But could there be super-powerful, ...

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Are You Number Six — or Number One?

Ed Driscoll triggers some nostalgia for Baby Boomers with a posting on the PJ Lifestyle we...

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What’s the Difference Between a Riot and a Revolution?

In the aftermath of the recent British and American disturbances, Burt Prelutsky enlighten...

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55 Reasons Why Carbon Dioxide Is Good for the World

Carbon dioxide (CO2) has been designated as an atmospheric pollutant and a threat to life...

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‘Annie’ and Myths About the Great Depression

In a recent posting by Steven Horwitz on the Coordination Problem weblog, the author shows...

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The Collapsing Old Order

In his review of Murray Rothbard's Egalitariansim As a Revolt Against Nature, Andy Duncan ...

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Sometimes You Have to Draw Folks a Picture — The U.S. Debt Visualized

Go here and take a gander.    

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Technical Difficulties

As you will have noticed if you've visited in the past few days, The American Culture has ...

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London Burning: The Apotheosis of Statism

By now we’re all well-informed of the widespread rioting and looting in Britain. But th...

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Bertrand’s ‘Back on Murder’: Christian Mystery in the Big Leagues

By Lars Walker Those of us who read both secular and Christian fiction tend to employ a...

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Need a Laugh?

Below are some short videos you might enjoy: THE AWKWARD SITUATION ROOM (1 minute 38 seco...

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Wisdom from Vladimir (!) on the Debt Deal

Of all people: "The current deal struck by U.S. lawmakers will not solve the underlying is...