Culture War Veterans for Truth
Why to deny Pat Buchanan's call for a ceasefire
Culture
CleanFlicks v. Kate Winslet's Breasts
How Hollywood won a lawsuit while losing a cultural battle
AFI's 99 Percent Perspiration
Stand up and cheer, but for God's sake don't sit down and watch, America's 100 most inspiring films.
Literary Paper Lions
Book packagers, drunken exaggerations, hoaxes: Why do we still expect authenticity from bestsellers?
In Praise of John Wilkes
How a filthy, philandering deadbeat helped secure British and American liberty
The Cult of 'Manliness'
A curmudgeon's defense of "manly men" devolves quickly into self-parody.
Hooray for Hypocrites!
A new book dares to defend the phoney-baloneys behind the drug war and much, much more.
What's Your Favorite Novel?
A recent survey of men's and women's favorite books points to a more fundamental question-and a fascinating answer.
Sucking in the Mid-to-Late '70s
How the Carter-Reagan era set the course for contemporary America.
God, Guts, and Granola
A manifesto for "crunchy conservatives" forgets why self-interest is important.
Gay Marriage Amendment: Case Closed
Senate Republicans trade federalism for demogoguery
When Speech Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Speak
Should reporters who use classified information be treated like spies?
You're Already Part of the Phenomenon
Jesus: A conspiracy vaster than anything in The Da Vinci Code
Is American Foreign Policy an Infinite Crisis?
George Bush as superhero, the rest of us as sketchy background characters
Rant: Cartoons Make Cowards of Us All
American editors pine: "If we only had the nerve."
The Strange Case of Steve Wilson
How a fraudulent crusader snookered the left-and is threatening the First Amendment
