One of my favorite stories regarding the movie Oh Brother, Where art Thou? involves the reviews I read about it. One columnist called it a brilliant retelling of Homer’s Odyssey. Another reviewer was much less impressed, arguing that every movie is basically a retelling of the Odyssey. The second reviewer had a good point. Think […]

These are interesting times for Mitt Romney. The media ignored his win in Wyoming, which some people might argue makes sense given that it was, well, Wyoming. It isn’t a state rich in delegates, nor does it represent the cutting edge of society. But this is not really fair. After all, how much of a

Thanks to a strong economy and a charismatic personality, Bill Clinton left office with a pretty fair approval rating. But his legacy of course will be marred by the fact that—to be blunt—his serial womanizing caught up with him. One way to make that part of his biography recede quietly in history would be for

Though Richard Nixon is long removed from presidential politics one can hear echoes if one listens closely enough. Okay, I admit that since I wrote a book on Nixon, I hear echoes of him in a lot of places where normal people don’t, but there is more to it than that. Members of the media