I’ve told you often to listen to Pete. But you also gotta listen to Carl. I hustled down to the center of commerce that is Kennesaw, GA to see the movie MUD on his recommendation. It’s as good as he says. It’s as good as anyone could say. It is some combination of HUCKLEBERRY FINN . . . . Continue Reading »
Don’t believe the professional movie critics. Just as Superman Returns has seen its reputation (deservedly) decline since it came out, Man of Steel is likely to see its critical reputation improve in the years ahead. The most puzzling critique of Man of Steel is that it lacks the . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’ve gotten a lot of comments on my previous post and the fine article by John Miller on Harry Jaffa. One, from a prominent “traditional conservative” that said I was generous to Jaffa and would be attacked by his students as a result. I didn’t mean to be either generous . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh Billy Collins, I cannot say so much about those poems, the ones you write, the ones you read. I know like Ogden Nash you make my wife and I laugh, and you read your poems oh so well. And while I try to be somewhat funny here, I cannot but thank you (sincere!)—for your blend of verse . . . . Continue Reading »
Legend (or marketing) has it that on this day in 1789, Baptist minister Elijah Craig “invented” bourbon when he aged whiskey inside charred oak barrels. In June of 1929, however, when Kansas was still very much a dry state, the American Dialect Society’s journal American . . . . Continue Reading »
In a meeting with Latin American members of religious orders on June 6, Pope Francis reportedly spoke of a “gay lobby” in the Roman curia. Fr. Federico Lombardi, director of the press office of the Holy See, has declined to comment, explaining that the meeting was private. The source for . . . . Continue Reading »
Across Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral confront each other. Aesthetically, the contrast is endlessly fascinating—the soaring monoliths of NBC Studios and the glittering Gothic symmetry of the cross-topped towers both certainly please the eyes. But the standoff . . . . Continue Reading »
Pro-lifers pray for a reversal of Roe v. Wade , but Wesley Smith in today’s column asks, “what if the overturn comes from the other direction ?” Roe and its progeny cases, such as Planned Parenthood v. Casey , left room for pro-life advocates to deploy subversive . . . . Continue Reading »
So our friend Mickey Craig has sent me a link to John J. Miller’s nice overview of the life and thought of Harry Jaffa. The link is important, because it allows you to read the article without the cost of subscribing to THE NATIONAL REVIEW. Miller’s key claim: “Modern . . . . Continue Reading »
John Presnall really let us down. At the end of his great GATSBY post a few weeks ago, he indicated he was going to talk about MUD . I hadn’t heard of it, and the reference passed me by. John didn’t post any more on it, alas. And so now, a full month after its release, I just got around . . . . Continue Reading »
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