The National Rifle Association is the tip of the spear of what has become of American culture. This is not to excuse the NRA in the slightest. As I tweeted last Friday in the global emotional swirl

By and large, I was raised a jock. So were all boys in my day who could make the cuts to be on youth sports teams. Those whose names didn’t appear on the lists posted outside the coaches’

Since there is so much talk about cliffs (mostly of the fiscal variety) these days, it occurs to me that perhaps the most iconic “over the cliff” movie ever was James Dean’s 1955 Academy

I never, ever, thought that there could possibly be any socially-redeeming value to Rush Limbaugh, but after last month’s election, I am reconsidering. Amongst those willing to look realistically

The profoundly impressive “Lincoln” movie, now in theaters, will long endure as a major contributor to the national and global project in the perfection of democracy. It stands out from

On a handful of screens this week, but opening widely this weekend is Steven Spielberg’s latest film, “Lincoln,” based in part on a book by highly-respected historian Doris Kearns