Eight years ago, a former nun named Karen Armstrong wrote an unlikely bestseller called A History of God. The…
As regular listeners know, I sometimes have to take the role of cultural referee. In those cases I find…
The runaway success of the Harry Potter books has a lot of publishers wondering if they can cash…
Summer means Hollywood blockbusters. And millions of moviegoers will flock to theaters to see uplifting and inspiring films…
Concerned about the number of kids accidentally consuming poisons in their homes, government and industry designated a national…
On Wednesday, Marshall Mathers, the rap artist known as Eminem, won three prestigious Grammys for his music. But…
In my book, The Body, I described a particularly bad stretch of videos I once rented, including Dances With…
Turn on your TV set any night of the week, and you’ll see entertainment that would have delighted the…
Imagine going through one of life’s most painful experiences — like divorce, for example. You need perspective and, if possible,…
Last year, the Fox television network set new standards for tasteless, banal, and amoral programming with “Who Wants to…
