Jim Geraghty of National Review Online explains why Democrats would be unwise to think celebrity endorsements will make much difference for them this year. [A]ctor and former Uvalde, Texas, resident…
Tevi Troy examines for Weekly Standard readers the importance of celebrity to modern-day presidents. Troy’s comments focus on a new book from Kenneth T. Walsh. In the current landscape, Walsh…
Was rummaging around Wikipedia when I came across something that sums up exactly how nichified and disposable our popular culture has become. In 1971, B.B. King put out his landmark…
Tevi Troy discusses with U.S. News & World Report some key themes from his new book, which documents 200 years of presidential responses to popular culture. How did the literary…
No, Tevi Troy doesn’t want the president to object to Korean rapper PSY’s silly song or his even sillier dance. Writing for Politico, Troy explains why there’s a much more…
Mark Steyn writes in The Corner that he had been approached by many in the entertainment business who whispered, “I agree with your book, but please don’t tell anybody.” So…
The NEA offers their take here. Skip the useless commentary and go straight to the timeline. One of my favorites is Mr. Garrison from South Park.
This was tough, as I couldn’t remember a single movie I really liked that was released during my high school years. I assumed I had not seen a movie at…
Jim Morrill pretty much nutshells what went on at the Westin yesterday: Juan Williams, a journalist who chronicled the civil rights movement, challenged African Americans on Monday to reject the…
It’s the end of an era.
Mmmmm, Max Headroom. . . .
In response to Michael’s question, let me take a shot at it, since I wrote about the subject yesterday. I would say that skank is a female’s presentation of herself…