All the Way, the Tony-Award-winning play focusing on Lyndon Johnson’s first year as President, demands a bravura performance by its lead actor. In the
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“Best of Enemies:” 1968’s Buckley-Vidal debates, and how they helped spawn Trump
Gore Vidal’s and William F. Buckley’s political views were as diametrically opposed as they could be, but the two men shared one major characteristic:
“Halal in the Family” sitcom tries, but fails
I was super-excited for the launch of “Halal in the Family,” a web series that the creator, Aasif Mandvi has described as “an exaggerated
Citizen Four: The Oscars got this one right
Having missed it during its initial theater run, I finally got to see Citizen Four last night on HBO, the day after it won
Takeaways from “Selma”
Can I speak honestly about the new movie, “Selma?” No doubt, it’s going to get a lot of support for an Oscar. Critics have
Absolutism in political novels and in political reality: The Iron Heel
One of my favorite essays of all time comes from old-school conservative writer Whitaker Chambers. In the late 1950s he reviewed Ayn Rand’s thousand-page
An amazing tribute to Nelson Mandela
In 2012, artist Marco Cianfanelli created a sculpture as a reminder of the fiftieth anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s arrest in 1962, and subsequent 27-year
Rich Hill: An intimate look at poverty’s impact on kids
On the recommendation of someone who said everyone should see the movie “Rich Hill,” I attended the early show this morning. I hadn’t read
Ferguson: How I’m going to discuss it in my classroom
Yesterday from 12:15 to about 2:15 in the afternoon, I marched with about a thousand other people from the spot where Mike Brown was
“Draft Day” offers tips on what it takes to lead the country
It may be that the movie “Draft Day,” currently in theaters, is just a niche film for football fans. It’s for real fans who