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Commie Comedy

by Nathanael Blake

The miniseries Comrade Detective ridicules the buddy cop genre, communist propaganda, and communism itself. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2017

Awaiting Our Comeuppance

by K. E. Colombini

As cities vie to be home to Amazon's second headquarters, we might keep in mind the lessons of Booth Tarkington's novel The Magnificent Ambersons. Continue Reading »

23 Oct 2017

This Sporting Life

by Carl R. Trueman

Why does our culture allot special importance to the political views of NFL players? It is a sign of modern society's absurdity.  Continue Reading »

28 Sep 2017

Twin Peaks Revisited

by Richard T. Whittington

In the landscape of prestige television, Twin Peaks: The Return detonates a bomb, ending with confused identities, a tortured scream, and terrible silence.  Continue Reading »

12 Sep 2017

Abraham Lincoln, Matchmaker

by Peter Wood

If Only…A Love Story is a new play by Thomas Klingenstein, now playing at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village. Continue Reading »

11 Sep 2017

Delight in the Good

by Karen Swallow Prior

On The Challenge of Entertainment Continue Reading »

22 Sep 2016

Lost in Xanadu

by Carl R. Trueman

Samuel D. James's post on America's lost boys points towards the depth of the problem faced by Christianity today. The solution, however, is as yet unclear. Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2016
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