Remembering P.J. O’Rourke
O’Rourke had a unique ability to blend humor and intellect without deliberately trying to seek laughs or cheapen what he was trying to articulate.
Books & Culture
A Great American Music Lesson
In our current jihad of junkthought and racist hatred, forces outside of politics provide grounds for hope and change.
James and the Giant Preach
On the desperate little censorship of Roald Dahl.
Fakers, Frauds, and Fools
It’s important to know the difference between a person who is trying to live authentically and a person who is a fully willing fraud, peddling in lies that masquerade as truth.
Support International Mother Language Day. Use A Simile
Would more frequent use of similes, not just on International Mother Language Day, summon smiles and scatter scowls as gratuitously as unsolicited alliteration?
As sure as death and taxes, yes.
As sure as death and taxes, yes.
What’s Happening on Campus?
There’s much to see . . . you just won’t see it here.
What Difference Your Ephemera Makes
In a world full of AI and ChatGPT, save your Playbill.
A Great American Composer Reaches His Coda
Hitmaker Burt Bacharach passes away at 94.
The Grammys Wasn’t Enough for the Woke Mob
Pandering to the woke mob will never earn you their affection.
Absence of Actress
The underrated Melinda Dillon starred in the best film about the damage of fake news.
Great American Graffiti
A film that captures an era, and its music, like no other.
The FBI as Intelligence Unit for the Administrative State
Today, the heroes are few and outnumbered as the FBI has become the enforcement arm of the Democratic Party, which is the party of government.
Victory Over Tyrannical Directing
Even a minor role can carry great weight, and it’s clear that Reagan understood that.
A Great American Departs the Studio
The music of Barrett Strong, and the Motown era, will live on for all time.
The Case for Great American Hagiography
We have to once again pay tribute to our best and let Hollywood fester with the rest.
‘Yellowstone’ as a Commentary on Manliness and Femininity
“Yellowstone” is a cultural phenomenon that may cause us to reflect on the American story.
Ronald Reagan’s Uneasy Role
We get a sense from “That Hagen Girl” that neither Tom Bates nor Jordan, Ohio would meet with Reagan’s approval or measure up to his understanding of American possibilities.
Boston’s MLK Statue Is a Woke Embarrassment
A $10 million fail unworthy of its subject.
A Winter Eden
Something of that odd winter cheer comes through for us in our poem this week, Robert Frost’s “A Winter Eden.”
Read Something Other Than Current Politics
When you get away from the fury of your own political issues, you have a chance, born of leisure and human sympathy, to think about complex matters in a mature, even-handed, and impartial way.