Culture, High & Low

The Social Network Fantasy

In today’s Los Angeles Times, Neil Gabler has an insightful piece on the way in which the “gang of friends” has become the dominant social group on American television.

Why I Hope Westboro Baptist Church, the ACLU, and Dahlia Lithwick...

Free speech is a good thing. Respecting the value of the whole community is a better one.

Not a “Modern Family” At All

Claremont, CA. ABC’s hit series “Modern Family” has returned to the air for its second season. It’s the “modern” elements of the “Modern Family” that...

Austerity Measures Spark Riots in Europe

Shades of things to come?

Is There a Conservative Tradition in America?

The answer is hardly obvious.

Our Special Today is Spleen

Ah, you know what? Screw it. Give me the hairshirts wherever they are.

A Season of Gluttony

Is the meaning of a feast forfeited when the fast is no longer observed?

Self-Esteem v. Standards

The fundamental reason why American children are not educated properly is simply because the American people do not want their children to be educated properly.

Gunning for No. 12

Is being Number One all it's cracked up to be?

Bicycling and the Simple (Socialist?) Life

Bicycling is fun, and environmentally friendly, but for me at least, it is even more importantly about being as free as possible from the complicated dependencies which the automobile economy forces upon us all.