Conservatives and Tea Party folk know what kind of President they want. One who will balance the budget, cut taxes and spending, and stop government interference in their lives and in the economy, at home — and who will conduct a consistently self-defense-oriented foreign policy abroad. But it’s sometimes hard to figure out which candidate…
Author Archives: Greg Zeigerson
Grouplove is Coming
Grouplove is the next great rock band. If you were lucky, you caught them singing “Naked Kids” and “Gold Coast” on Carson Daly’s TV show a few days ago… or you saw them open for Florence and the Machine last year. You may have paid five dollars to see them at the Brooklyn Bowl in New York…
Gary Johnson Announces Presidential Run
In these days of massive debt and out-of-control Federal spending, with taxes and regulations choking off businesses’ ability to create new jobs, many in the non-partisan Tea Party movement believe the key political issue today is returning to a government limited to protecting the individual’s rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, achieved…
‘Atlas Shrugged, Part 1′ Debuts April 15
Internet chatter among fans of Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged about the forthcoming movie version has been mixed: part excited anticipation to finally see a cinematic adaptation, part dread that it will be mediocre or misrepresent the novel’s message and spirit. Greg ZeigersonMy initial fifteen minutes of fame took place when I was a…
Artists on the Right: The Smithereens’ Pat DiNizio Pt 2
Asked what is driving the Tea Party movement, DiNizio says, “When people are on that edge, living week to week, desperate, in deep trouble and they have nothing to lose, they have a choice to lay down and die, or fight.”
Artists on the Right: The Smithereens’ Pat DiNizio Pt 1
“People who are extremely left wing, who think it’s an artist’s obligation to be extremely liberal and espouse that philosophy and they don’t get it from me, they hate me. I’m a traitor and they want to burn my records.“
Artists on the Right: Kelsey Grammer
On September 8, 2010, Kelsey Grammer and other like-minded investors launched Right Network,a TV network targeted at right-wing viewers. Besides the web, it’s currently available on-demand on Verizon FiOS and Nokia phones. An accomplished and successful actor, producer and director, Kelsey Grammer is openly right-wing politically. He says he “came out” as a conservative in…
Artists on the Right: Walt Disney Part 2
Walt Disney’s works often celebrate American values: optimism and innocence (Pollyanna, Summer Magic), hard work leading to amazing achievements (Ten Who Dared, The Absent-Minded Professor), and even the individual’s fight against the tax collector (Dr. Syn Alias The Scarecrow). He championed the wonders of progress under free enterprise; e.g., his original concept of EPCOT as…
Artists on the Right: Walt Disney Part 1
Few American artists have had as much lasting influence on its culture as Walt Disney. Families continue to watch his animated cartoons Snow White and Dumbo seventy years after they premiered, and visit Disney parks fifty-five years after Disneyland opened. His works capture and reflect the American spirit. Walt Disney was a Republican who testified…
Artists on the Right – A Series
This is an introductory essay about my upcoming series of profiles of right-wing artists. Introduction Many arts-oriented intellectuals accept as a basic truth a false dogma about artists: all good and lasting art and therefore all good artists are inherently left-wing politically. They point to the trend in literature, songs and movies to celebrate and…
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