DOUG, CARA AND THE MAIN I am an over-sharer and this piece contains massive over-sharing. And navel-gazing. You have been warned. I suffer from a very deep and very serious anxiety disorder and for someone like me, this week has been, well, a whopper. A film project fell apart resulting in severe and possibly unfixable…

YOU GO, MADAME SPEAKER I never thought I would cheer Nancy Pelosi, but here I am. You see, I’ve been in a weirdly similar situation to hers. It was the year 2000, and I was for whatever reasons part of an American delegation to witness the inauguration of Chen Shui-bian…

As someone who is interested in such things my ears perked when, having just finished the infuriatingly addictive latest season of Virgin River and looking for something to do, Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl popped up in my list of Netflix recommendations. After a few nights of teasing, I…

James Gavin on “George Michael: A Life” and the Complicated Process of Writing a Blockbuster — NOTE: This piece originally appeared in an abridged form in The Washington Times on July 12, 2022 George Michael: A Life (Abrams, June 28, 2002) “If you can’t find your empathy with your subject you shouldn’t be writing the book…” That line spoken to me by James Gavin — whose…

HOW ABOUT WE END HORSE SLAUGHTER & TORTURE, YEAH? New Efforts in Congress to Protect Man’s Best Ally Deserve Kudos, Support Note: This article was originally published by Townhall. Go almost anywhere these days where conversations can be overheard and it is almost bankable that the subject of Yellowstone, Paramount Network’s western drama series shot on location in Montana…

SUMMER READING WITH CJ: 2002 EDITION Note: This article originally appeared in PJ Media on 5/29/2022 Summertime already! Seems like I was just doing this same thing. I had fun putting it together and people seemed to like it, so let’s do it again, eh? Tradition! I read a lot. Partly because I have no life…

HARRY BENSON, ICON. The Famed Nonagenarian Photographer Riffs on His Storied Career, Becoming a CBE, iPhone Cameras and the Forthcoming Trade Edition of the 2021 Limited Edition Book, ‘Paul’ NOTE: An edited version of this first appeared in InsideHook on 5/17/22. A few years ago I came across a photo that rocked me…

The Famed Photographer and Warhol Confidante Talks Netflix’s New Limited Series ‘The Andy Warhol Diaries,’ Andy and the Diaries Themselves, His New Book, and Then Some… Christopher Makos is really busy. The internationally acclaimed photographer perhaps best known for his longtime friendship and frequent collaborations with the late Andy Warhol…

PBS Masterpiece’s All Creatures Great and Small Proves Uplifting Programming is Not Dead. These days, right? Like pretty much everyone I know, I am struggling with a COVID-era hangover that shows no signs whatsoever of subsiding. My interpersonal skills? Stunted. Faith in my fellow man? Toast. Airline Travel? No way…