Lou Aguilar
One of the subtler yet more chilling scenes in The Exorcist, book and film, depicts a priest entering his church to discover a total desecration of its holy icons: foul graffiti on the altar and obscene additions to a statue…
I have no name I am but two days old.— What shall I call thee? I happy am Joy is my name,— Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty joy! Sweet joy but two days old, Sweet joy I call thee; Thou…
It was the best of times in Washington, D.C. Two news incidents last week brought back the memory of their twin settings, both special in my life, against the progressive rot that now corrupts them, the city, and the whole…
For the second weekend in a row, I observed a phenomenon that signaled a major rightward shift in the political-cultural axis. The previous weekend brought the enormous box-office success of Top Gun: Maverick, which came as a shock to everyone…
Red China may think twice about invading Taiwan after watching Top Gun: Maverick. The long belated sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise favorite, Top Gun, showcases the extraordinary skill, stamina, intelligence, and gumption of today’s elite Navy fighter pilots —…
An incoming tidal wave is often preceded by earthquakes on land, and last week several tremors signaled the Red Tsunami that will hit America in November. Liberal bulwarks toppled like dominoes across the cultural, legal, and political spectra. One shock…
Because Hollywoke no longer depicts — or even acknowledges — stay-at-home moms, I went for a Toxic Mother’s Day with Hillbilly Elegy. Ron Howard directed the movie based on J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir about growing up in a backwoods family…
There have been war correspondents since Herodotus chronicled the Persian War of 499–449 B.C. Newspaperman Ernie Pyle famously embedded himself with American foot soldiers during World War II to give folks back home a welcome grunts’ perspective, before he died…
Of the many brilliant, hilarious gags in Mel Brooks’ classic The Producers (1967), my favorite is the one where theatrical producer Zero Mostel and his accountant partner, Gene Wilder, have been up all night delving through a stack of scripts…
