Derbtown

Cultural Marxism Demands a Sacrifice

Cultural Marxism Demands a Sacrifice

It has been nearly a hundred years since Sir James Frazer completed his tremendous work...

By the sword

The Freedom of Disunity

The Freedom of Disunity

Last week I gave a talk on my pet topic of bullfighting in front of various politicos...

Cultural Caviar

The Italian Invasion of American Culture

The Italian Invasion of American Culture

Ever since Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, the D-Day landings in northern...

Politics

The Spectator President

The Spectator President

No, this is not Watergate or Iran-Contra. Nor is it like the sex scandal that got Bill...

Zeitgeist

Feeding Shirts to the Homeless

Feeding Shirts to the Homeless

Only last week, I railed against the masses’ naïve and patronizing compulsion to...

Cultural Caviar

The Progressive Glossary

The Progressive Glossary

I’ve recently been made aware of a strange new tribe who refer to themselves...

News

The Week That Perished

The Week That Perished

One of the countless unsightly blemishes upon the human condition’s soiled visage is...

Borderland

Letters From a Screenwriter in Trouble

Letters From a Screenwriter in Trouble

Dear Gato— You really should try the ozone therapy—cleans your blood. Kiedis does...

Education

Let’s Not Let Boys Be Boys

Let’s Not Let Boys Be Boys

As Michael Moore so aptly pointed out in Bowling for Columbine, the root of the...

Trending

Lock Me Up and Throw Away the Smokes

Lock Me Up and Throw Away the Smokes

In the epilogue to Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky provides the reader with a harsh,...

High Life

The Long Slide From Gatsby

The Long Slide From Gatsby

At an art shindig on Park Avenue, I spotted Baz Luhrmann, the director of the latest...

Derbtown

Ideological Castration

Ideological Castration

People who live among words, books, and ideas, and who are scholars, or hobnob with...

Crime

The Resurrection of English Murder

The Resurrection of English Murder

George Orwell was the first to mourn the decline of English murder. In his famous 1946...

Scandal

Frequently Asked Questions about the Jason Richwine Brouhaha

Frequently Asked Questions about the Jason Richwine Brouhaha

The social sciences are supposed to help us make better decisions about the future, not to slather us in schmaltz.

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