Why Conservatives Should Watch More MTV

Twenty-five years ago, when MTV played mostly videos, defeated presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan delivered his "Culture War" speech before the Republican National Convention on August 17 at the Houston Astrodome, where he feared for the "soul of America." Twenty-five years later, when conservatives have ceded all control of the culture war to the Left, MTV's Video Music Awards (VMAs, itself a bizarre oxymoron for an outlet that plays no videos) is now a forum about politics and the cour

Twenty-five years ago, when MTV played mostly videos, defeated presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan delivered his "Culture War" speech before the Republican National Convention on August 17 at the Houston Astrodome, where he feared for the "soul of America." Twenty-five years later, when conservatives have ceded all control of the culture war to the Left, MTV's Video Music Awards (VMAs, itself a bizarre oxymoron for an outlet that plays no videos) is now a forum about politics and the cour…