It's comfortable living in a cocoon -- associating only with those who share your views, reading journalism and watching news that only reinforce them, avoiding those on the other side of the cultural divide.

Liberals have been doing this for a long time. In 1972 the movie critic Pauline Kael said...

We've never had a nerd president. White House correspondents call their gala the 'nerd prom' because it sounds self-deprecating around celebrities and bigwigs.

Unlocking "unconventional" energy requires unconventional politics, and that's one resource that is genuinely scarce among today's backwards-looking bureaucrats and green interest groups.

Iran is not amusedby the villain of the latest Hollywood hit.

Movies on the war in Iraq are not suffering at the box office because they are about the war.

The logic of Hollywood was to follow the audience when it left the theaters to their home.

Edward Jay Epstein of Slate delivers the December Bradley Lecture.

More information to come.

This event is part of the 2005-2006 Bradley Lecture Series. The charge for subscribing to the series is $35 ($25 for students) and $5 for individual lectures.

Technology has changed, and a better form of art is on the way.