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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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Misleading Chatter about a “Brokered Convention”
Commentators in mainstream media have begun speaking obsessively about a so-called “brokered convention”—acknowledging the possibility that no candidate will come to Cleveland with a majority of first ballot votes.
This is a misleading term, since there are no potential “brokers” who could dictate the outcome. The candidates themselves won’t...
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Focusing on the Wrong Issue
The worst part of the GOP Presidential debate in Houston involved its disproportionate focus on illegal immigration. The CNN moderators began with that topic, and stayed with it for more than a third of the debate’s running time. You’d think that the flow of unauthorized migrants represented the public’s top concern—but no poll has ever shown that to be...
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DIANE MEDVED: Why a Vote for Trump is a Vote for Hillary
BY DIANE MEDVED
Results from the Nevada GOP caucuses show Donald Trump with more than 45%, nearly twice the percentage vote of each of his runner-up rivals, Marco Rubio (24%) and Ted Cruz (21%).
I do not understand how anyone could entrust our nation’s future to one whose vocabulary consists of superlatives and digs.
My husband is wrapping up writing a...
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Misplaced Anger Pollutes Our Politics
Surging populist campaigns by Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have convinced many observers that 2016 represents a “year of anger” but no one can agree on what, exactly, the American electorate is supposed to be so angry about.
On the right, activists say people are furious because Barack Obama has “fundamentally transformed” our society and the...
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“Where to Invade Next” Exposes Liberal Delusions
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT is the title of the latest movie by leftist documentarian Michael Moore, and it powerfully exposes an underlying flaw in the progressive world view.
In the film, Moore travels the globe to praise countries like Slovenia, Finland, Tunisia and Portugal, which supposedly handle drug addiction, education, women’s rights, school lunches,...
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The Year of Authenticity–Not Anger
The surprising strength of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in primary campaigns of both parties leads leading commentators to describe 2016 as the “Year of Anger” for the electorate. But a closer look at recent returns suggests that voters actually care more about another A-word: authenticity.
Whatever their faults in ideology or substance, both Sanders...
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Hillary’s Dangerous Vulnerability on Personal Integrity
Despite Bernie Sanders’ landslide victory in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton remains the overwhelming favorite for the Democratic nomination—and that’s good news for Republicans because of her profound vulnerability on issues of personal integrity.
Among Democratic caucus participants in the Granite State, more than a third said that the quality that...
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Iowa Proves It: Dems More Divided Than GOP
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the Democrats are more ideologically divided than Republicans—and the Iowa Caucuses proved it. Entrance Polls showed Republican voters expressing near unanimous support for conservative principles: a full 85% described themselves as “conservative” while only 15% saw themselves as “moderate or liberal.”
Among Democrats...
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7 LESSONS FROM IOWA
The results of the Iowa Caucuses and the numbers provided in authoritative entrance polls suggest seven unexpected lessons from the Hawkeye State:
Donald Trump will not run the table. After six months in which Trump dominated the discussion and became a polarizing issue for Republicans, it’s now increasingly clear where the majority of the party stands. In...
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DIANE MEDVED: “Inequality” has nothing to do with divorce. But personal behavior does.
BY DIANE MEDVED
So, I’m writing a book on divorce. Actually, it’s on why you should NOT divorce. Therefore I collect articles on the subject, and one I was just filing was from last week’s New York Times, titled “Marriage, Poverty and the Political Divide.”
The piece suggests that economic inequality works against marriage. It...
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“Idealism” Has Nothing To Do With It
In attempting to explain the enthusiasm of so many young voters for Bernie Sanders’ presidential candidacy, conventional commentary suggests that the 74-year-old Senator appeals powerfully to their “youthful idealism.” But what’s so idealistic about embracing Democrat Sanders’ promises of lavish, youth-targeted, government give-aways? Why wouldn’t...
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Bloomberg Candidacy Could Bring Chaos – And Shocking Surprises
If Michael Bloomberg runs for president as an independent, he won’t win the White House but he could provoke a Constitutional crisis. The former New York City mayor could plausibly win three or more states – say, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania – which would deny either the Republican or Democratic candidate a majority, if the two parties otherwise...
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Also-Rans Could Force Open Convention
Conventional wisdom insists that mainstream Republicans can stop Donald Trump’s relentless drive for the GOP nomination only if they coalesce around a single candidate and push less credible contenders to drop out. After Iowa’s Monday caucuses, the chorus will get louder than ever.
Conventional wisdom — as usual regarding the 2016 presidential race...
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Persuasion Tip from the Best Possible Source
“If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason.”
-Abraham Lincoln
Springfield, Illinois
February 22, 1842
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Censoring Great Art: Foolish and Fascistic
Hysteria over symbols of the Confederacy and the South has now reached the level of insanity. Apple banned images of the Dixie flag in Civil War computer games, for instance. Meanwhile, many books, games and videos about World War II still use the swastika. Does this mean the Confederacy is now deemed worse than the genocidal Nazis? Worst of all, film critic...
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How Rice as Running Mate Could Power Victory
Imagine Republicans running against Hillary with the slogan: “Not your grandmother’s GOP.” If they choose a young leader, Scott Walker or Marco Rubio for president, and Condaleezza Rice for Vice President, that slogan emphasizes that tired charges of Republican racism no longer work. It also emphasizes the GOP youthfulness advantage: the grandmother in...
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