“If it wasn’t for FOX or talk radio, we’d be done as a republic.” -- Glenn Beck on yesterday's 'Fox and Friends' suggesting that FOX and talk radio are the only things standing between the United States and a communist/fascist/socialist/dictatorship. (more...)

video Suddenly, The Beatles are culturally relevant again. Not that their achievements have faded a single bit since they disbanded, but the upcoming release of video game The Beatles: Rock Band (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii) stands at the crossroads of music distributing and video game revolution — and it’s the first significant step by The Beatles towards distributing their music digitally. (more...)

Daniel Radosh is the well-liked proprietor of Radosh.net, author of Rapture Ready! Adventures In The Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture, contributing editor at The Week and frequent byline in the pages of the New York Times, the New Yorker, McSweeney's, Salon, and Slate, plus a hot piece for Playboy called "Bone Up Your Shakespeare: A Study Guide To The Complete Porno Films of the Bard of Avon" ("A Midsummer Night's Cream" sounds like a classic). (more...)