The Same Old Oscar Show

By Gina R. Dalfonzo February 25, 2013

Whatever one thinks of the movies being honored, and however fervently one roots for one’s favorites, there’s a depressing sameness to the annual Oscar ritual these days. There’s always the ...

Leo Johnson of the FRC and the Best and Worst of Human Nature

By Gina R. Dalfonzo August 15, 2012

That didn’t take long: Almost immediately after word got out that Leo Johnson, a security guard at the socially conservative Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., had been shot in ...

Conservative ‘Corrupt Hairballs’ Welcome Catholics

By Gina R. Dalfonzo February 13, 2012

How badly has the Obama contraception mandate rattled many Catholics? So badly that Catholic blogger Mark Shea, who couldn’t bring himself to vote for either party in the last election, ...

Liberal Repeats

By Gina R. Dalfonzo August 15, 2011

Earlier this summer, Ben Shapiro released a book called Primetime Propaganda, in which he shares the results of 39 interviews with television executives, producers, and writers. (Kathryn had a long conversation ...

The King’s Speech: A Deserving Golden Globe Winner

By Gina R. Dalfonzo January 17, 2011

I found myself in an animated conversation about The King’s Speech with the heavily tattooed twentysomething who rang up my purchase at Borders. “That was a great movie!” he said ...

Politics & Policy

Rising Above

By Gina R. Dalfonzo March 27, 2009

‘Hundreds of thousands of men and women still happily asleep, with no idea that they will wake to their own ruin. If only they knew what we know now, what ...

Politics & Policy

In Love with Death

By Gina R. Dalfonzo August 22, 2008

It’s not surprising, in the wake of Harry Potter, for a new series to involve teenagers with supernatural powers. The Twilight series has that much in common with J. K. ...

Politics & Policy

Lessons from Jane

By Gina R. Dalfonzo May 30, 2008

Early in her book A Walk with Jane Austen, about her trip to England to follow in her literary idol’s footsteps, Lori Smith writes, “I’ve always felt a kinship with ...

Politics & Policy

Unenchanted

By Gina R. Dalfonzo December 7, 2007

Pity poor New Line. With the release of the new fantasy film The Golden Compass, they have a shot at a huge blockbuster, à la The Lord of the Rings. ...

Politics & Policy

Father Knows Best

By Gina R. Dalfonzo February 11, 2004

It’s “sweeps season” again for the television networks, the time when the creative minds will do anything that strikes them as fresh and new to get ratings up–which means they’ll ...