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Gibson's real sin is becoming political. Not so much the content of his politics, but the sin of being political....

Notice that these are optimistic values, liberating values. They're the values of 1776, and of 1860, and of 1932. A...

Publishers determine the politics of media, and publishers have, historically, been very conservative. Medill was a right-winger. The Chandler family...

Remember, we're looking for a seminal artist (doesn't have to be a singer) who was wildly popular at the start...

The fact is this war is not going well. If we're to be true friends to Israel, then at some...

I recommend the whole of Prof. Cole's piece today, not just to readers but especially to writers, and most especially...

I'm not saying “impeach Bush.”

Is a "Great Depression" around the corner? Maybe not, but something very like it is already enveloping all of us....

It's at these times that a flick like King Arthur appeals. It may take 1,000 years. We may all pass...

It's the faltering-and-failing bit that today's Republicans don't get. It is this, more than anything else, we should fight to...