Tag Archives: Conservatism

Timely Movie Review: Whiplash

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Tom Garrett

(Obvious spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Whiplash, don’t read any further) I saw Birdman last week. Interesting movie. Michael Keaton was terrific. I never need to see it again. The first thing I did after watching Whiplash Monday night was to … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Andrew Neiman, Bullying, Commentary, Conservatism, Jazz, JK Simmons, Miles Teller, Movies, Paul Reiser, Reviews, Terence Fletcher, Whiplash | 2 Comments

BioShock Infinite

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Tom Garrett

2K Games released BioShock Infinite to acclaim and mild controversy a little over a month ago. In development for five years, the game was much-anticipated by fans of the series, but the subject matter raised some eyebrows in the gaming community … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Gaming, Reviews | Tagged BioShock Infinite, Booker DeWitt, Commentary, Conservatism, Dan Joseph, Gaming, Patriotism, Quantum Physics, Racism?, Zachary Hale Comstock | Leave a comment

Nine Issues That May Frame the Next Generation of Political Debate

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Tom Garrett

With gay marriage legalization proliferating and the near-inevitability of same-sex marriage being legal in nearly every jurisdiction within a decade, the question becomes what will be the next “cause” that will begin to make legislative gains over the next twenty … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Politics | Tagged Commentary, Conservatism, Culture War, Fossil Fuels, Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech, Immigration, Income Redistribution, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Marriage Law, Politics, Religion, Student Debt, The Constitution, The Environment, The First Amendment, The Rich, The War on Drugs, Vegans, Vegetarians | 4 Comments

The Gathering Storm

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Tom Garrett

There will be no shortage of constitutional “experts” in this country come June. The decisions in the Affordable Care Act cases are two months away, but the massive narrative-generation apparatus has already begun to shimmy and whir as it churns … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Politics | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Best in the World, Bush v. Gore, Commentary, Conservatism, Griswold v. Connecticut, Judicial Activism, Law, Law School, Lawrence v. Texas, Liberalism, Lochner v. New York, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Supreme Court, The Supreme Court of the United States, True Believers | 5 Comments

Intellectual Honesty in the Age of Unreason

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Tom Garrett

I hate to interrupt a string of lighthearted cultural observations, sports references, and stories about awkward moments in the annals of entertainment history with something more serious—but here goes. A fascinating journal article came to my attention a couple of … Continue reading →