JFK’s 1960 Campaign: Where The Myth Begins and the Truth Lies Theodore White’s landmark Making of the President series are, for the record, as good as everyone tells you they are. White was a brilliant political journalist and was very capable of accurately portraying the mood of both America and…

(Which Gives Me A Reason to Gush About The Good Wife Again) For those of you who haven’t read my blog for long, I consider The Good Wife one of the pinnacles of television achievement. Every year it was on the air, I put it on my top ten list…

Anyone Who Makes Any Complaint About Hollywood Has Forgotten Something — And People in my Profession Are At Least Partly Responsible Hollywood’s been under attack by so many constituencies these days. Some people claim that it’s not inclusive enough. Just as many claim diversity is destroying Hollywood. Some people complain…

The Watchful Eye May Be Freeform’s — And Your — Next Sensation I have made little secret in this column that I think one of the most undervalued players in television is Freeform, part of the Disney family, essentially on its third rebrand. Ever since it aired the gone-too-soon Bunheads…

I Reluctantly Write This Article to Give The Latest Example of How Much Social Media is Wrecking The Things We Love (But You Knew That Already) I didn’t plan to write this particular article. At first, I just wanted to look at Season 39 of Jeopardy 100 games in and…

First in an Ongoing Series About The Lines About Sex in Art That Society Will Never Agree On I’ve been meaning to write this series for an exceedingly long time. I know that even discussing the ideas I will lay bare in this article and those to come will piss…

Unfortunately, It Hasn’t Fixed The Problems of the First When I first reviewed Your Honor way back in December of 2020, I thought it had the potential for greatness. Bryan Cranston was in the process of giving another performance that would get him multiple award nominations, the cast was one…

Political Dynasties Are Part of America. The Kennedys Aren’t A Great One — And Actually Compare To One Universally Disliked There are many myths about American history that we are told as children and that far too many of us cling to when we should well know better. Two are…

Part 1: Why I Didn’t Like The Films For Twenty-Five Years -And Not Just Because of Pierce Brosnan Author’s Note: I am about to begin what will become a recurring series about movies from 2012, a year that, for many reasons, I consider one of the last great years when…