Dwight Garner on Paul Fussell’s Class (1983) A prickly observer of language, he notes that “an important class divide falls between those who feel veneration before the … [Read more...]
Julie Burchill: “Diana was the people’s diva”
Julie Burchill writes: Twenty years in August since Diana died. The anniversary is sad for me on many levels — she was definitely the final famous person I’ll have a pash on, and it reminds … [Read more...]
“The political consequences of Norman Mailer and Norman Podhoretz’s friendship”
Paula Marantz Cohen writes: How much influence could a book review possibly have? Judging from Norman Mailer’s review of Norman Podhoretz’s 1967 memoir, Making It, a lot. Serving as a catchall and a coda for … [Read more...]
“Targets” (1968): “Proof there are still good movies to be made”
So how did a newcomer like Peter Bogdanovich manage to convince Roger Corman to let him make this film? After a chance meeting, Corman expressed his … [Read more...]
“I Don’t Think Black People Really Understand How Tired Everyone Else Is Of Hearing How Hard It Is To Be Black”
James Fulford writes: “Violent past” means, among other unspecified violences committed when he was a member of the … [Read more...]
“DUNKIRK” — “People Should Be Hung From Lampposts, They Should Be Burned Alive, For What They’ve Done To Britain”
Peter Brimelow writes: So I went to see this movie DUNKIRK at the urging of James Kirkpatrick, VDARE.com’s lead … [Read more...]
Ann Coulter: Pretty White Australian Girls’ Lives Matter
Ann Coulter writes: As usually happens when Muslims attack, the press is consumed with worry about their mental state and well-being. (…) That’s why a Somali cop’s … [Read more...]
Mark Steyn talks about Justin Trudeau’s “Rolling Stone” cover & more
“Whatever happened to PJ Proby?”
PJ Proby is mentioned on pretty much every other page of Nik Cohn's Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock, which was the first and last time I ever heard of him. Anyway, new from [Read more...]
Gavin McInnes: “Aren’t there any white people on TV anymore?”
Gavin McInnes discovers that, in fact, commercials aren't as bad as he's heard: There were plenty of commercials that enforced traditional stereotypes. A Samsung Galaxy ad … [Read more...]
Steve Sailer calls “Dunkirk” (2017) “Nolan’s finest
Steve Sailer writes: In reality, Dunkirk is probably the least anti-Fascist British WWII movie ever. Nolan never mentions “the Germans,” much less “the Nazis.” They are just “the enemy.” … [Read more...]
