When I was growing up in Nebraska, Marvel characters were part of my adolescent mythology: I took an iconic photo…

Friday Al Burton is dead. Al died Tuesday morning. His beautiful daughter, Jennifer, called me with the horrible news. Al…

At first blush, the new hit film Joker seems to hit all the right notes for progressive audiences. It floats various left-wing talking points:…

We came together after 9/11 as Americans. We formed a bond of unity the likes of which I could not…

Pygmies walk the streets of Hollywood where giants once trod. Take Eric McCormack, the bland Canadian actor who in 1998…

Some stories are retold over and over in new renditions. Romeo and Juliet, set in New York City with gangs,…

Quentin Tarantino just became the most reactionary major filmmaker this side of Clint Eastwood. His latest film, Once Upon a…

We hear a lot of talk these days about privilege. Privilege is the idea that some social advantage is available…

Tinsel Town is worried about American jingoism. In First Man, a 2018 movie about Neil Armstrong, the first man to…

I was a politics junkie. Always watching cable news, clicking on political websites, listening to talk radio. The operative word…