I was brought up to believe that you should never give offence if you can avoid it; the new culture tells us that you should always take offence if you can.

Whatever happened to saying "I just don't know"?

Initially promising freedom, like all revolutions, the Sexual Revolution has entered something like its Reign of Terror phase and is devouring its own children.

Four centuries after his death, Shakespeare remains a peerless playwright because of his remarkable insight into the human condition.

Harvey Weinstein is a lusty old goat, if we can believe reports in our tabloid media.

Perhaps gentle reader has been told a tall tale. 

After the winds, the rains, the floods, come the looters.

The current Hulu remake of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, "The Handmaid's Tale", is getting rave reviews.  But I passed on it.

Brooklyn isn't just one of the best films of 2015, it’s also in a way the antidote to all the rest. 

Tired of mindless entertainment as usual? Two of the best antidotes imaginable are new on home video.