
Mark Judge
I have gone AWOL in the blade wars. My desertion happened when I noticed that Gillette had issued Fusion, a razor with five, yes five, blades. This is in response to Schick’s Quattro four-blade razor, which itself was a response…
It seemed like a good idea at the time. That’s been my reaction to the tsunami of rage, abuse, derision and invective that blew through my life after the publication of “Right-Wingtips,” my piece at Spectator.org. You may recall that…
All Those Mornings…at the Post, by Shirley Povich (Public Affairs, 404 pages, $27.50) I just can’t do it. On Saturday morning I woke up and found myself face to face with Weekends with Maury and Connie, the new series on…
Now that the hysteria over the James Frey story is starting to die down, it’s a good time to reveal the simple truth about this debacle. Frey, the recovering addict whose book A Million Little Pieces has been revealed as…
The anti-war, anti-Bush protest march coming to Washington February 4 has nothing to do with politics. Oh sure, from the outside it might seem like a political event. There will be all the earmarks of classic American protests: placards, speeches,…
As reported in the Washington Post last year, D.C. has launched a new campaign to lure hip young people into the city. The new slogan, “city living, dc style!” (lower cases in the original), is part of an effort, according…
I am a conservative metrosexual. As most people know, a metrosexual is a heterosexual man who has good taste in art and music, and likes to pamper himself with nice clothes and expensive grooming. There’s only one drawback: I can’t…
The War on Christmas continues. The latest salvo comes from Harold Meyerson, a columnist for the Washington Post. Meyerson attempts to enlist Irving Berlin, author of the song “White Christmas,” to the cause of a secular, nonreligious winter holiday that…
What’s the difference between the Paul Wellstone funeral and a performance by Margaret Cho, comedian? In parts, the Wellstone funeral was funny. And no, I don’t say that because I’m a conservative and Cho is a… well, what? Calling her…
The problem with Hollywood movies today is not necessarily stupidity or too much sex and violence. It’s that in too many of today’s movies, characters never change. A perfect example is Rent, the film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s hit play….