Category: Books & Culture › Page 2

Revisiting Richard M. Ketchum’s Saratoga

—

May 20, 2023

History tells us there really were great men and women who sacrificed everything for the cause, who demonstrated real bravery, but the intersectional malaise keeps us from imparting those stories.

Cary Grant’s Search for
Lost Youth

By Emina Melonic

—

May 16, 2023

In “Monkey Business,” Grant learns that you’re only old when you forget you’re young.

How Christian Popular Culture’s Revival Cast Out the Money Changers

By Maggie MacFarland Phillips

—

May 13, 2023

There is a major market for Biblical stories—yet Hollywood is in no rush to tell them.

The Frenetic Noise of
‘His Girl Friday’

By Emina Melonic

—

May 9, 2023

For the most part it is the separation and break from
Archie Leach that created the Cary Grant we know and love.

Lifting the Mask of the Antiracist Cult

By Matthew Boose

—

May 8, 2023

Stanley Ridgley exposes “antiracism” in its hateful, undiluted form.

An Inhuman Ugliness

By Anthony Esolen

—

May 7, 2023

The arsonist you will always have with you. But must the arsonist be met with cheers? Must all our passions for justice be transmogrified into hysteria?

Courage in the Air

By Emina Melonic

—

May 3, 2023

In telling a good story, Howard Hawks and Cary Grant captured an essential part of what it means to be an American.

Jerry Springer Is Dead.
Long Live Jerry Springer!

By Jay Whig

—

April 27, 2023

He may not have been a great man, but he was,
in a way, a great American.

A Once-Controversial Story Now Appears Conservative

By Mark Judge

—

April 27, 2023

A classic Judy Blume novel, now a major motion picture, offers audiences a surprising message in the face of today’s
gender madness.

Revolutionary Movie Milestone

By Lloyd Billingsley

—

April 25, 2023

In the wake of “Jesus Revolution,” and in the midst of a mortal storm, the dramatic possibilities are truly endless.

Tucker Carlson Had
One Hell of a Run

By Carpe Diem

—

April 25, 2023

I do not believe this is the last we’ll see of Tucker Carlson,
but if it is, it was one hell of a run.

Academia’s Woke Groomers

By Bruce Oliver Newsome

—

April 25, 2023

Stanley K. Ridgley exposes extracurricular brainwashing
in higher education.

How To Ruin Your Kids

By Christopher Gage

—

April 24, 2023

The great self-esteem experiment mistook the pedals for the steering wheel. Here's the result.

The Coronation and Dr. Jill

By Jane Guenther Parent

—

April 19, 2023

At a bare minimum, dressing appropriately, showing up on time, and not breaking wind in front of the monarch do not seem like not too much to ask.

The Manliness of Screwball Comedy

By Emina Melonic

—

April 18, 2023

The comedic Cary Grant shines in “Bringing Up Baby.”

Celebrating the Great Emancipator of America’s Pastime

By A.J. Rice

—

April 16, 2023

Branch Rickey was determined to break down the color barrier, out of idealism and business sense—because it made no sense to not promote the best.

What’s the Deal With Women With Mustaches?

By Tim Young

—

April 16, 2023

The Left creates victims that, they say, can only be saved by Democratic and Marxist policies. Next up: Women and girls with facial hair.

We Can’t Have Nice Things

By Roger Kimball

—

April 16, 2023

Without an allegiance to beauty, art degenerates into
a caricature of itself.

‘Mario Bros.’ Success Should Teach Hollywood a Lesson,
But It Won’t

By Tim Young

—

April 13, 2023

No matter how poor the economy may be performing, people will still spend money on entertainment—especially entertainment that doesn’t come with tired, beat-to-death
leftist talking points.

An Idealistic and Imperfect American Love Story

By Emina Melonic

—

April 11, 2023

H. C. Potter’s 1947 romantic comedy, “The Farmer’s Daughter,” shows how both marriage and politics in America can be a thrilling combination of idealistic and imperfect
at the same time.