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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.
Writer's WebsiteWhy “The Income Gap” is a Losing Issue
Democrats plan to focus on income inequality in the upcoming presidential election but a former advisor to Bill Clinton says they’re making a mistake. William Galston notes recent polls by CBS News and Gallup showing less than 4% who list the income gap as their main concern. Distance between rich and poor has definitely increased, so why isn’t the public...
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A Phony “Crisis” that Harms America
In eight tumultuous years of the Bush presidency, it’s tough to think of even one famous case of an unarmed African-American killed by police. This doesn’t reflect some uncelebrated triumph for George W. Bush, but it does provide needed perspective on the current hysteria over black victimization by law enforcement. There is no evidence of a sudden...
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A Phony “Crisis” that Harms America
In eight tumultuous years of the Bush presidency, it’s tough to think of even one famous case of an unarmed African-American killed by police. This doesn’t reflect some uncelebrated triumph for George W. Bush, but it does provide needed perspective on the current hysteria over black victimization by law enforcement. There is no evidence of a sudden...
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For California, Gay Astronaut Beats Sainthood
Which Californian represents the state’s splendor and greatness most appropriately; the Catholic saint who founded nine settlements that grew into major cities or a recently deceased astronaut who completed two missions on the space shuttle?
Does the answer change because the astronaut in question – Sally Ride– happened to be female and gay?
Apparently...
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For California, Gay Astronaut Beats Sainthood
Which Californian represents the state’s splendor and greatness most appropriately; the Catholic saint who founded nine settlements that grew into major cities or a recently deceased astronaut who completed two missions on the space shuttle?
Does the answer change because the astronaut in question – Sally Ride– happened to be female and gay?
Apparently...
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Happiness Soars – Along With Inequality
For contemporary liberals, income inequality is the source of all evil and the root cause for the world’s social, racial and economic problems. Capital In The Twenty-First Century, by the French professor Thomas Piketty has become the most influential leftist book of our time – one of those weighty, cinder-block tomes that nobody reads but everyone cites...
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Happiness Soars – Along With Inequality
For contemporary liberals, income inequality is the source of all evil and the root cause for the world’s social, racial and economic problems. Capital In The Twenty-First Century, by the French professor Thomas Piketty has become the most influential leftist book of our time – one of those weighty, cinder-block tomes that nobody reads but everyone cites...
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Inequality Is Up? But So Is Happiness
A prominent researcher at Cal Tech reports surprising data contradicting common liberal assumptions that inequality brings misery. Gaps between rich and poor grew dramatically during the recession but Steven Quartz reports “the percentage of Americans who say they are thriving has actually increased.” What’s more, “happiness inequality” has gone...
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Challenging “The Candidate of Experience”
The Hillary for President team takes great encouragement from recent polling showing Americans seeking “experience” in a candidate for president more than a “new direction.” They will therefore position their candidate as a seasoned “pragmatic problem solver” and “middle class champion.” But in terms of experience, what will they emphasize?...
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Rand and Ted Begin Their Excellent Adventure
But Who Won in the Dueling Announcements of Candidacy?
Rand Paul may not beat Ted Cruz in presidential primaries, but he certainly topped him in his announcement of candidacy.
In the end, neither of these freshman senators (Paul has served four years in Washington; Cruz has been there for two) is likely to win the GOP nomination but they are the first pair to...
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Does Sex Deserve More Protection than Faith?
The irresponsible media hype surrounding the so-called “Battle of Indiana” emphasized the issue of gay rights—even though not one word in the Hoosier State’s religious liberty law impacted the lives or liberties of gays and lesbians. The press promoted the pernicious idea that legislation protecting the right of people of faith to follow their...
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Do Disproportionate Crime Rates Mean Racist Laws?
African-Americans make up 40 percent of the nation’s prison inmates, but only 13 percent of the overall population. Does this mean the laws that sentenced these prisoners are all racist, and need to be repealed? Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul seems to think so.
In his announcement of candidacy, when describing his vision for America, Senator...
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How to Handle a Problematic Father
In his recent announcement of candidacy, Rand Paul faced a dilemma in how to acknowledge the presence of his father, former Congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul. The family patriarch has compiled a long history of isolationism, support for crackpot conspiracy theories, expressions of sympathy for Iran and hostility to Israel. Such...
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Musical Establishment Compares “Brutality” of Talk Radio to Islamic Extremism
Of all the foolish and illogical themes of the international left, the “moral equivalence” argument may count as the most annoying of all.
For more than fifty years, progressives have advanced the moronic idea that because America is imperfect, we have no right to criticize evil, mass murder or grotesque tyranny anywhere else. During the Cold War,...
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Stay Out of Our Beds and Pews
In order to find the proper perspective for controversies in Indiana and other states over “religious liberty” legislation, it’s worth looking back at the long history of sodomy laws in the United States. That’s not because the rules to protect religious believers compare in outrageousness with the criminalizing of gay sex, but because...
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For Her Campaign, Hillary Selects Contradictory Goals
The Democratic frontrunner has reportedly selected the two themes she plans to emphasize in her presidential campaign but seems unconcerned that the twin goals contradict one another.
The March 23 headline in the New York Times proclaimed “Hillary Clinton Tests Two Themes for 2016: Working Together and Inequality.” Laura Meckler reports on a panel...
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