Author: James Poulos

By May 05,2008

Cinema’s Selsun Gap

I’m talking of course about the preponderance of flakes visible in female-oriented film. Manohla Dargis bemoans accordingly. My understanding is that The Invasion “fizzled” because it was a bad remake,...

By May 05,2008

Bury My Heart at Wounded Liver

Deep as it runs, my appreciation for Pabst does know limits. Those limits have been obliterated by this man: SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. — Bill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue...

By May 03,2008

The Quest for Responsible Neoconservatism

I’d like to endorse my American Scene colleague Noah Millman’s incisive comments on diplomacy and benign American power: our unipolar moment makes diplomacy look rather different than historical models. And...

By May 02,2008

Libertarianism and Moralism

With Will Wilkinson safely on the other side of the Earth, I am free to agree with him about something: It is tyrannical for parents to attempt to reproduce their...