America's Pastime Has a Moment
In an increasingly woke-ified world, America's pastime still has its moments
Total Recall
California’s September election offers a path forward from identity politics
Anthony Bourdain and Documentary Artifice
'Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain' stirred controversy for manufacturing voiceover of its late subject. Documentary film has more pressing issues.
Losing Christopher Hitchens
Journalism’s intellectual giant died ten years ago. Our civic discourse will never recover.
Entourage’s Last Stand
HBO’s former-zeitgeist show spent the last decade as a critical punchline; it’s time to acknowledge its enduring relevance.
On "Gun Violence"
And what it really means
The Evergreen Ills of American Politics
Eighty-two years after its release, Frank Capra’s 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' remains the most relevant film about America’s broken political system and the elites who exploit it.
Avuncular Tom
The mob turns on America’s Everyman
The Man Who Sued the World
...and lived to tell the tale.
Tenured Negligence
Despite its wider reputation, tenure is vital to preserving the republic and fostering productive discourse; American academia hasn’t proved it’s earned it.
Critical Race Theory for Dummies
A primer for the uninitiated
Osteocalcin
That Feeling In Your Bones Is Not Just in Your Head
Burt Reynolds’ Southern Vision
How a Legend Chronicled the Region’s Potential
The Last Action Heroes
'Nobody' and 'Fatman' Face the Twilight of the Genre Star
Ordinary People, Part II
An Oscars Postmortem