The 1619 Project
250 Years Later

| Published July 7, 2026 |

By Bob Armstrong,
Thursday Review contributor

In 2019 the New York Times discovered 20 enslaved Africans who had arrived by ship to Virginia 400 years earlier made for good copy. Americans were finally clued-in that, as the paper said, the "true founding" of our country was 1619, not 1776. The lead editor of the "1619 Project"...(click to read more)

Comcast to Spin Off
NBC Universal & Sky
Into Separate Entities

| Published June 28, 2026 |

By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor

Well into a long era of mega-mergers and big ticket acquisitions in the endlessly expanding universe of content and entertainment, one of this week's most significant business news items centers on deconstruction of a media giant. Call it the un-merger. In a major restructuring move, Comcast announced...(click to read more)

Paul Rivera's Midnight Ride:
A Closer Look at the DNC's Postmortem

| Published June 6, 2026 |

By Bob Armstrong,
Thursday Review contributor

"The Autopsy is Coming! The Autopsy is Coming!" shouts out Paul Rivera as he springs to his saddle and gallops through DC's darkened streets past the White House. He's on his way to the Washington Post to drop off a document he believes will represent the high point of...(click to read more)

Thursday Review:
14 Years Ago

| Published June 28, 2026 |

By Thursday Review editors

As most Thursday Review readers know, we've steered largely away from politics in the last two years. But have a look at some of our political analysis from the presidential election cycle of 2012. One of our goals is to begin ramping up our coverage of the 2028 presidential election starting later this...(click to read more)

Washington Post
Cuts 300 Staffers

| Published February 4, 2026 |

By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor

The Washington Post will cut some 300 jobs immediately, reducing its staff by about one third. The layoffs were announced Wednesday by Post owner Jeff Bezos and his firm Nash Holdings. The Washington Post has been struggling in recent years to remain financially viable, and owner Bezos, who bought the venerable newspaper in 2013...(click to read more)

Robert Redford: A Look at his Life & Legacy

| Published September 20, 2025 |

By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor

Like some high achievers of his generation, Robert Redford had multiple phases to his life. There was the young hooligan growing up in Van Nuys, California, a teenager who strongly considered baseball as a career and a path to salvation. There was the art student turned stage and set designer who took a sharp turn into television acting, landing him...(click to read more)

Reflections on the Passing of Burt Reynolds

| Published September 12, 2018 |

By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor

Regarded as one of the quintessential sex symbols of the 1970s, and by any measure one of the biggest box office stars of the last century, his passing represents another page closed from a classic era of movie and television entertainment. Burt Reynolds, an athlete turned actor...(click to read more)

Reflections on the Passing of
Mary Tyler Moore

| Published January 31, 2017 |

By Thursday Review
editors & staff

Her death on January 25 sent waves of sadness through two entire generations of television fans, as well as...(click to read more)

Network:
Still Relevant After 40 Years

| Published September 20, 2016 |

By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor

The subspecies of social satire in Hollywood has a long tradition dating back to the 1960s, but it also has a reputation among the elites of film criticism that sometimes...(click to read more)

Tampa Bay Times Buys Tampa Tribune;
Ends Two Paper Era

| Published May 4, 2016 |

By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor

It was one of the few major U.S. metropolitan areas still able to sustain two major daily newspapers, and the fact that the market maintained this business competition well into the...(click to read more)

Kasich’s Ohio Victory & the “Brokered Convention”

| Published March 17, 2016 |

By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor

For the Republican Party, the jury is still out on Donald Trump. It’s ironic, really.

By all rights and by most definitions, the billionaire is the...(click to read more)

North Korea Able to Track Digital Files?

| Published December 29, 2015 |

By R. Alan Clanton,
Thursday Review editor

According to the BBC, the operating system most commonly used by North Korea—Red Star OS—contains hidden code which allows...(click to read more)

Fred Dalton Thompson:

Prosecutor, Actor, Politician

| Published November 2, 2015 |

By R. Alan Clanton, Thursday Review editor

His vocal chords were among the most distinctive and recognizable in Hollywood, and in American politics. At least one famous Presidential candidate (John McCain) joked “If I had his tonsils, I would be President right now...(click to read more)