By • Jun 13,2005

Listing grievances

Lists–of anything–never fail to cause controversy. Whenever someone or some group declares something–a movie, a song, a person–to be the best or worst of its kind, a flurry of rebuttals...

By • Jun 06,2005

The Dems’ Dr. Death

In January, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was telling everyone about what the new, improved Democratic National Committee would look like under his leadership. But five months later, the only...

By • May 30,2005

Save the orphans

Old bits of culture are the building blocks of new culture, but they're useless if they are locked up.

By • May 30,2005

Maverick Merchant

Film producer Ismail Merchant told UPI a couple of years ago that he was baffled as to why Hollywood made so many dreadful movies year after year. He wondered “Why...

By • May 30,2005

The cost of fitting in

Let us malign and stereotype the conservative for a moment: He–and it is most certainly a ‘he,’ for only men are conservatives, unless it is a thoughtless woman who takes...