The Oscars is an aging relic that has lost its compass — and Will Smith’s slap points to its impending death.
By Jeff Hurvitz
Albert Eisenberg: 5 iconic conservatives that you can stream right now
Conservative characters sometimes — unwittingly or not — slip through the cracks. Here are five such characters you can stream at home right now.
By Albert Eisenberg
John McWhorter: We cannot allow ‘1619’ to dumb down America in the name of a crusade
The fundamental claim promoted by the New York Times’ 1619 Project — that the Revolutionary War was fought to preserve slavery — simply does not correspond with the facts. This false history will do more damage than its proponents realize.
By John McWhorter
Elizabeth-Jane McGuire: The ‘Yes’ of Mr. Rogers
I had gone into the movie hoping to be entertained, but what I got was a dose of spiritual direction.
By Elizabeth-Jane McGuire
Art Carey: When Mister Rogers was my neighbor — and my friend
He was a prodigious, patient listener, an outstanding anomaly in this age when so many seem uninterested in hearing what others have to say.
By Art Carey
Bob Martin: Monty Python at 50: Timeless, too silly and still completely different
The irony, the delicious incongruities and the sheer humor have kept me in stitches for a half-century. And so many of the sketches are a history and literature lesson woven into comedy.
By Bob Martin