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A Goodbye Kiss for Family Programming 0
- Culture
- January 11, 2022
Recently, Joseph Cotto and I discussed on our regular podcast the fate of the Hallmark Channel, which I have viewed periodically while moving with my remote button toward Turner Classic Movies. (On Turner I find old movies, popular during my youth, that have not yet been canceled.) What drew me, however briefly, to the Hallmark
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‘Red Dawn’: A Movie for Our Time 0
- Culture
- January 10, 2022
The other day I was revisiting the 1984 flick Red Dawn when I had one of those revelations that leave me feeling a bit stupid and more than a bit stunned. The film’s storyline is pretty simple: It’s the Cold War, and Russia, Cuba, and Nicaragua launch an attack on
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Why the Left Cannot Let Go of Jan. 6 0
- Politics
- January 7, 2022
“Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now.” That was the headline over the editorial of 1,000 words in The New York Times of Sunday last. On first read, I thought the Times was conceding its obsession and describing its mission. For the editorial began by bewailing yet anew the “horrifying” event, “the very real bloodshed of
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How to Change the Minds of Those You Disagree With 1
- Culture
- January 7, 2022
If your mission is only to prove your own self-importance and knowledge, then go ahead and argue. But if your mission is to persuade and present the truth, then Ben Franklin’s suggestions may just change your world.
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‘Authoritarianism’ May Be Necessary to Fight Climate Change, Cambridge Study Argues 0
- Politics
- January 7, 2022
A recent study published in American Political Science Review, a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University, begins with a teasing question: “Is authoritarian power ever legitimate?” For many, the answer is clearly no, concedes the study’s author—Ross Mittiga, an assistant professor of political theory at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. But Mittiga,
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Saddling Up and Riding with Justice and Truth 0
- Culture
- January 6, 2022
A French correspondent, fluent in English and a brave anti-vaxxer, recently wrote to me, “So it’s 2022. Some are saying it will be 20-20-Too.” Heaven forbid that is the case. As we all know, the last two years have brought many trials and challenges. Americans
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