by Scott Holleran | Oct 21, 2016 | CULTURE
Born in Africa’s Congo in 1966, poet and novelist Alain Mabanckou lives in Southern California, where he teaches literature at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Mabanckou is the author of six volumes of poetry and six novels, winner of the Grand Prix de... 
by Dr. Michael Hurd | Jan 24, 2016 | CULTURE, MOVIES
The latest self-conscious controversy orchestrated by preening, posing leftist “progressives” broke out after last week’s Oscar nominations — the second year in a row in which all 20 acting nominees are white. Charlotte Rampling is the latest actress to weigh in on... 
by Carrie-Ann Biondi | Sep 1, 2015 | CULTURE
Ambitious in scope and practical in spirit, Kurt Keefner’s Killing Cool: Fantasy vs. Reality in American Life (Wallkill Trail Books, 2014) could be seen as his personal answer to the title question of Ayn Rand’s essay “What Can One Do?”[1] Appreciating Rand’s insight... 
by New Romanticist | Aug 19, 2004 | CULTURE
By Mark Da Cunha After three out of six rotations in the Men’s All-around Olympic Gymnastics, American gymnast Paul Hamm was ranked first place in the standings. His next event was the vault. Hamm’s vault was to be a Tsukahara–named after Japanese... 
by Harry Binswanger | Jan 1, 2000 | CULTURE, LITERATURE
“What is the best English-language novel of the 20th century? … Clearly, one of these novels is a stylistic masterpiece, and the other is trash. The fighting is over which is which.” Did someone say “culture wars”? A major battle erupted recently on... 