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Michael Medved
Michael Medved is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and bestselling author. His daily three hour show reaches 200 stations across the country and an audience of 4.7 million placing him, for ten years in a row, on the Talkers Magazine list of the top ten political talks shows in the United States. Michael’s columns on politics and media appear regularly in the Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast and USA Today, where he is a member of the Board of Contributors.
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Whatever Happened to “The Party of the Little Guy”?
Democrats have always identified themselves as “the party of the little guy,” but in 2016 they lost tens-of-millions of aggrieved, out-of-luck voters to a boisterous billionaire named Donald Trump. Why? Because of the party’s self-destructive obsession with race and gender. The real dividing line between families that are forging ahead and those who are...
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AT KEY TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY, AMERICA CATCHES EVERY BREAK
The history of the United States displays an uncanny pattern: at moments of crisis, when odds against success seem overwhelming and...
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Ordinary Decency Survives—Even on the West Bank
How can a bus crash produce good news?
On a rainy night in late January, a public bus filled with Israeli Jews plunged down a ravine near a West Bank Palestinian village. The driver and one of his passengers died, but many others were trapped in the wreckage. A courageous Palestinian family—four men and three women—heard the crash, called for help and rushed...
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No, the Embassy Won’t Move to Disputed East Jersulem
Ongoing debate about moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is surrounded by misinformation.
One common mistake suggests that the whole city is historically disputed territory between Israelis and Palestinians. That’s not true of Western Jerusalem, built up by returning Jews over the last 150 years, where the bulk of the city’s population lives and...
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AT KEY TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY, AMERICA CATCHES EVERY BREAK
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Michael’s Top 10 Movies of 2016
La La Land (PG-13)
Florence Foster Jenkins (PG-13)
Sully (PG-13)
Zootopia (PG)
Fences (PG-13)
Hacksaw Ridge (R)
The BFG (PG)
Moonlight (R)
Hidden Figures (PG)
Miracles from Heaven (PG)
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Trump’s Singular Advantage
Americans of every outlook can agree on President-elect Donald Trump’s status as a singular political personality, but even some of his most ardent supporters fail to grasp the singular nature of the opportunity that awaits him. Of the last eleven presidents, Trump is the sixth Republican, but he’s the only one of that group to assume power with...
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AT KEY TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY, AMERICA CATCHES EVERY BREAK
The history of the United States displays an uncanny pattern: at moments of crisis, when odds against success seem...
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Connected Celebrations
This year, the ancient Jewish calendar and the modern secular calendar fall into rare alignment: the first night of Hanukah falls on Christmas Eve. It’s a good time to note similarities between the messages of the Christian and Jewish holidays that begin on the same evening. Both festivals celebrate light—and recognize the miraculous nature of illumination...
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Recognizing the “Invisible Hand”
So far, the main criticism of my new book “THE AMERICAN MIRACLE: DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN THE RISE OF THE REPUBLIC,” involves the claim that we’re not unique in seeing God’s special blessing for our country. Don’t the British sing, “God Save the Queen” and don’t many other nations believe in divine favor? The difference is that other nations evolved...
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AT KEY TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY, AMERICA CATCHES EVERY BREAK
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Resist the Temptation of Pointless Press Battles
As he prepares to assume power, President-elect Trump and those of us who support his agenda of conservative reform should resist the temptation for pointless battles with the press. Liberal media bias is nothing new, and the most successful conservatives, like Reagan, managed to transcend it.
Richard Nixon, on the other hand made a fetish out of fighting with...
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How to Improve Health, Well-Being and Marriage
A new analysis from the Harvard School of Public Health reports on a powerful pattern of behavior that produces substantial benefits in terms of increased longevity, enhanced physical and emotional well-being and, especially, greater marital stability.
Confirming many other previous studies, Professor Tyler J. VanderWeele shows that those who attend religious...
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AT KEY TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY, AMERICA CATCHES EVERY BREAK
The history of the United States displays an uncanny pattern: at moments of crisis, when odds against success seem...
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ON SALE NOW: The American Miracle
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AT KEY TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY, AMERICA CATCHES EVERY BREAK
The history of the United States displays an uncanny pattern: at moments of crisis, when odds against success seem...
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Democrat Delusions and Their Dire Prospects
As Democrats try to regroup from their disastrous performance in recent elections, they delude themselves on two crucial points.
First, they blame their losses on a uniquely unpopular presidential candidate, despite the fact that Hillary Clinton is hardly alone among recent Democratic nominees in her inability to connect with the public. In the last thirteen...
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