Opinion
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This is a collection of a bunch of opinions from different writers.

Total Recall
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
California’s September election offers a path forward from identity politics

Anthony Bourdain and Documentary Artifice
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
'Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain' stirred controversy for manufacturing voiceover of its late subject. Documentary film has more pressing issues.

Losing Christopher Hitchens
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
Journalism’s intellectual giant died ten years ago. Our civic discourse will never recover.

Entourage’s Last Stand
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
HBO’s former-zeitgeist show spent the last decade as a critical punchline; it’s time to acknowledge its enduring relevance.

On "Gun Violence"
By Davis Hunt
And what it really means

The Evergreen Ills of American Politics
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
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…

Avuncular Tom
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
The mob turns on America’s Everyman

The Man Who Sued the World
By Megan Lee Podsiedlik
...and lived to tell the tale.
Tenured Negligence
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
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
By The Pamphleteer
A primer for the uninitiated

Burt Reynolds’ Southern Vision
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
How a Legend Chronicled the Region’s Potential

The Last Action Heroes
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
'Nobody' and 'Fatman' Face the Twilight of the Genre Star

Ordinary People, Part II
By Jerod Ra'Del HollyfieldMovies
An Oscars Postmortem
Ordinary People, Part I
By Jerod Ra'Del HollyfieldMovies
On Artistry and Hollywood’s Insular Diversity