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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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How Video Games Shrink the Workforce
New Research from Princeton and the University of Chicago provides fresh perspective on the painful problems of young men between the ages of 21 and 30 with less than a four-year college degree.
A full 22 percent of them did no work at all during the past twelve months—double the percentage who failed to work in the year 2000. So how do they spend their time?...
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DIANE MEDVED: Trump vs. Hillary Debate: You Shoulda Watched Til the End
BY DIANE MEDVED
Like ten million others, you tuned in to the Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton presidential debate. Maybe you got a couple beers beforehand; maybe you went to a party where everybody got a few beers before, during and after.
Gathered around the 60-inch TV, you watched in expectation as the candidates went at it, Trump unloading his characteristic...
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DIANE MEDVED: Trump vs. Hillary Debate: You Shoulda Watched Til the End
BY DIANE MEDVED
Like ten million others, you tuned in to the Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton presidential debate. Maybe you got a couple beers beforehand; maybe you went to a party where everybody got a few beers before, during and after.
Gathered around the 60-inch TV, you watched in expectation as the candidates went at it, Trump unloading his characteristic...
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Dramatic Reverse in Border Flow
Despite alarmist rhetoric from some commentators and activists, the flow of Mexican illegal immigrants across the southern border isn’t surging. Actually, that flow has not only stopped, it has significantly reversed—with more undocumented Mexicans going home than arriving in the US.
In a significant new report, the Pew Research Service now identifies 5.8...
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Dramatic Reverse in the Border Flow
Despite alarmist rhetoric from politicians and activists, the flow of Mexican illegal immigrants across the southern border isn’t surging. Actually, that flow has not only stopped, it has significantly reversed—with more undocumented Mexicans going home than arriving in the US.
In a significant new report, the Pew Research Service now identifies 5.8 million...
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New Revelations about Biblical Texts
Forty-six years ago Israeli archaeologists discovered a charred lump of parchment in the ark of an ancient synagogue near the Dead Sea. They couldn’t unfold it without destroying the burnt scroll but hoped for future technology allowing the contents to be read.
University of Kentucky researchers recently developed the necessary techniques that revealed the...
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New Discovery Authenticates Biblical Text
Forty-six years ago Israeli archaeologists discovered a charred lump of parchment in the ark of an ancient synagogue near the Dead Sea. They couldn’t unfold it without destroying the burnt scroll but hoped for future technology allowing the contents to be read.
University of Kentucky researchers recently developed the necessary techniques that revealed the...
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Michael’s New Book: 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,...
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Children, “Very Important”; Marriage? Not So Much….
A September poll by CBS News and the New York Times revealed troubling contradictions in attitudes toward marriage and children. Nearly 2,000 adults of all ages were asked: “For you personally, is being married either now or in the future very important, somewhat important, not very important or not at all important?” Surprisingly, a minority of women –...
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Children, “Very Important”; Marriage, Not So Much
A September poll by CBS News and the New York Times revealed troubling contradictions in attitudes toward marriage and children. Nearly 2,000 adults of all ages were asked: “For you personally, is being married either now or in the future very important, somewhat important, not very important or not at all important?” Surprisingly, a minority of women –...
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Children, “Very Important”; Marriage? Not So Much…
A September poll by CBS News and the New York Times revealed troubling contradictions in attitudes toward marriage and children. Nearly 2,000 adults of all ages were asked: “For you personally, is being married either now or in the future very important, somewhat important, not very important or not at all important?” Surprisingly, a minority of women –...
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The New Deal with Israel
The United States and Israel recently agreed on a foreign aid package providing $3.8 billion in military aid for each of the next ten years. This marks a sharp increase in the level of aid, but that’s still less than one-tenth-of-one percent – less than one-one-thousandth – of the money Uncle Sam spends each year. And this assistance goes only to our...
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The New Deal with Israel
The United States and Israel recently agreed on a foreign aid package providing $3.8 billion in military aid for each of the next ten years. This marks a sharp increase in the level of aid, but that’s still less than one-tenth-of-one percent – less than one-one-thousandth – of the money Uncle Sam spends each year. And this assistance goes only to our...
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A Celebration of Everyday Heroism
Last weekend, as America observed the 15th anniversary of 9/11, Hollywood released a film about an aviation disaster with a very different outcome. SULLY, directed by Clint Eastwood, tells the true story of the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” in 2009 with the superb Tom Hanks as pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed his crippled plane on the River and saved...
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A Celebration of Everyday Heroism
As America observed the 15th anniversary of 9/11, Hollywood released a film about an aviation disaster with a very different outcome. SULLY, directed by Clint Eastwood and currently the #1 movie at the box office, tells the true story of the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” with the superb Tom Hanks as pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed his crippled plane...
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A Celebration of Everyday Heroism
Last weekend, as America observed the 15th anniversary of 9/11, Hollywood released a film about an aviation disaster with a very different outcome. SULLY, directed by Clint Eastwood, tells the true story of the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” with the superb Tom Hanks as pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed his crippled plane on the River and saved his 155...
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