Print Kurt Schlichter Read Full Bio Sitcom Conservatives Make Inroads on Pop Culture Landscape We conservatives are so used to network television being hostile territory that we flip through the channels with the care and trepidation of the characters on "The Walking Dead" strolling through a forest. But recently, the landscape of TV’s vast wasteland has become a bit friendlier to those on the right – and sometimes even a tad critical of those on the left. 19 Mar 2013 Ignore Lena Dunham's 'Girls' at Your Own Peril, Conservatives There’s plenty about "Girls" to annoy conservatives, yet this often creepy, usually skeevy, critically-acclaimed HBO series is also a test for conservatives who merely talk a good game about taking Andrew Breitbart’s warnings about the importance of pop culture seriously. 29 Jan 2013 Before 'The Hobbit,' Peter Jackson Brought Tolkien's Conservative 'Rings' to Life The upcoming film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale "The Hobbit" reminds us of the deeply conservative values found in the author's masterwork, the "Lord of the Rings" saga. 10 Dec 2012 Jake Tapper's 'The Outpost' Raises Vital Questions on U.S. Afghanistan Strategy The subtitle of The Outpost is An Untold Story of American Valor, and it’s a crime that this is true. You don’t know the story. America doesn’t know the story. That is something of the point. This is the story of the tactics that derive from a strategy that, if more Americans understood it, might not be the strategy at all. We just had an election and the only discussion of Afghanistan focused on who would pull out fastest. That’s not strategy. 22 Nov 2012 'Walking Dead' Drops Liberal Platitudes, Goes Conservative People used to say a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged. It’s apparently also someone who’s been attacked by zombies, according to the crackerjack start to the third season of "The Walking Dead." 22 Oct 2012 More on Why Ron Paul’s Libertarian Fans Need to Support Our Constitution…and Romney More than 3100 people have commented on Tuesday’s Big Government post “Time for Ron Paul Fans to Support the Constitution.” Many agreed with my thesis that libertarians should support Mitt Romney to avoid a second Obama term, but many did not. The huge response is an indicator of how the looming specter of another four years of Obama has focused minds in the libertarian community. 23 Sep 2012 Time for Ron Paul Fans to Support the Constitution Don’t be the guy in 20 years who looks over his shoulder to make sure no policemen are listening and then says to his kids, “Back in 2012, I was mad because Ron Paul lost and then got disrespected. I loved the Constitution, but I was mad, and so I let the guy who hated the Constitution win. I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry.” 18 Sep 2012 Her Royal Highness: Feinstein Refuses to Debate GOP Challenger Emken Even Californians jaded by the antics of their state's obnoxious political class were stunned by the outrageous sense of entitlement displayed by long term California senator Dianne Feinstein when a local television reporter dared ask her why she refuses to debate her Republican opponent Elizabeth Emken. 11 Sep 2012 War Is Hell for 'Strategic Veterans' Leftist Senator Sherrod Brown, running neck and neck for reelection in Ohio against Marine Josh Mandel, has discovered a new kind of veteran – the “strategic veteran” who has fought in the trenches of Congress and been under fire in the bloody Battle of the Beltway. 4 Sep 2012 Elites Love to Trash 'Aging' Actors Who Dare Think for Themselves Clint Eastwood's appearance Thursday night at the RNC in Tampa allowed the actor to reach directly to the heartland, bypassing media filters and pomposity with one shrewdly realized performance. 1 Sep 2012 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Sitcom Conservatives Make Inroads on Pop Culture Landscape We conservatives are so used to network television being hostile territory that we flip through the channels with the care and trepidation of the characters on "The Walking Dead" strolling through a forest. But recently, the landscape of TV’s vast wasteland has become a bit friendlier to those on the right – and sometimes even a tad critical of those on the left. 19 Mar 2013
Ignore Lena Dunham's 'Girls' at Your Own Peril, Conservatives There’s plenty about "Girls" to annoy conservatives, yet this often creepy, usually skeevy, critically-acclaimed HBO series is also a test for conservatives who merely talk a good game about taking Andrew Breitbart’s warnings about the importance of pop culture seriously. 29 Jan 2013
Before 'The Hobbit,' Peter Jackson Brought Tolkien's Conservative 'Rings' to Life The upcoming film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale "The Hobbit" reminds us of the deeply conservative values found in the author's masterwork, the "Lord of the Rings" saga. 10 Dec 2012
Jake Tapper's 'The Outpost' Raises Vital Questions on U.S. Afghanistan Strategy The subtitle of The Outpost is An Untold Story of American Valor, and it’s a crime that this is true. You don’t know the story. America doesn’t know the story. That is something of the point. This is the story of the tactics that derive from a strategy that, if more Americans understood it, might not be the strategy at all. We just had an election and the only discussion of Afghanistan focused on who would pull out fastest. That’s not strategy. 22 Nov 2012
'Walking Dead' Drops Liberal Platitudes, Goes Conservative People used to say a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged. It’s apparently also someone who’s been attacked by zombies, according to the crackerjack start to the third season of "The Walking Dead." 22 Oct 2012
More on Why Ron Paul’s Libertarian Fans Need to Support Our Constitution…and Romney More than 3100 people have commented on Tuesday’s Big Government post “Time for Ron Paul Fans to Support the Constitution.” Many agreed with my thesis that libertarians should support Mitt Romney to avoid a second Obama term, but many did not. The huge response is an indicator of how the looming specter of another four years of Obama has focused minds in the libertarian community. 23 Sep 2012
Time for Ron Paul Fans to Support the Constitution Don’t be the guy in 20 years who looks over his shoulder to make sure no policemen are listening and then says to his kids, “Back in 2012, I was mad because Ron Paul lost and then got disrespected. I loved the Constitution, but I was mad, and so I let the guy who hated the Constitution win. I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry.” 18 Sep 2012
Her Royal Highness: Feinstein Refuses to Debate GOP Challenger Emken Even Californians jaded by the antics of their state's obnoxious political class were stunned by the outrageous sense of entitlement displayed by long term California senator Dianne Feinstein when a local television reporter dared ask her why she refuses to debate her Republican opponent Elizabeth Emken. 11 Sep 2012
War Is Hell for 'Strategic Veterans' Leftist Senator Sherrod Brown, running neck and neck for reelection in Ohio against Marine Josh Mandel, has discovered a new kind of veteran – the “strategic veteran” who has fought in the trenches of Congress and been under fire in the bloody Battle of the Beltway. 4 Sep 2012
Elites Love to Trash 'Aging' Actors Who Dare Think for Themselves Clint Eastwood's appearance Thursday night at the RNC in Tampa allowed the actor to reach directly to the heartland, bypassing media filters and pomposity with one shrewdly realized performance. 1 Sep 2012
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