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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 WebsiteTWO BAD HABITS IN TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION
Republicans of all stripes tend to display two credibility crippling bad habits when they talk about immigration. First, they discuss illegal immigration in the context of Hispanic votes, as if it were a political problem, rather than a profound policy and ethical problem for millions. Additionally, Republicans should stay away from simplistic gimmicks like...
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Obama on YouTube: Unintentionally–and Disastrously–Revealing
The most revealing interview of the Barack Obama presidency involved a meeting of the minds between a clutch of YouTube stars and the Leader of the Free World. While most of the press attention focused on loopy comments by the likes of GloZell Green (who offered the president some of her signature green lipstick for his “first wife”), the significant...
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A PERSONAL NOTE TO MY RADIO FAMILY
All those who listen regularly to my radio show know how much I value the privilege of speaking to this eager, enlightened audience every weekday, year-round. I have been unapologetically fanatical about broadcasting whenever, however I can; in eighteen years of national syndication, I’ve never missed more than four days in a row of regularly scheduled...
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Don’t Insult Moderates: We Need Their Votes to Win
With John Boehner safely installed for another term as Speaker and Jeb Bush emerging as apparent frontrunner in the presidential race, Republicans activists must break the bad habit of demonizing moderates. Insults to the crucial swing voters who decide every election inevitably undermine GOP hopes for a durable governing majority.
With this reality in mind,...
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OBAMA TELLS YOUNG: LAWS CONTROL EVERYTHING IN LIFE
A teenaged YouTube star asked the president a question that stumped him.
“I never really followed politics that much” said Bethany Mota. “Why should the younger generation be interested in politics, and why should it matter to them?”
After brief stammers and stalls, Obama offered this: “The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were...
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NOT DOUBLING DOWN; A WHOLE NEW DECK
Unfortunately, too many conservatives give the president credit he doesn’t deserve regarding his State of the Union agenda.
Senator Ted Cruz, House leaders Steve Scalise and Jeb Hensarling, have all suggested that Obama has “doubled down” on his agenda. The blackjack definition for “doubling down” is to “hold your existing cards while doubling your...
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Hollywood Contradictions: Public Prefers Dire Future to Heroic Past
Hollywood’s intensifying awards season exposes an obvious gap between an entertainment establishment that cherishes heroic stories from the noble past and a movie-going public that strongly prefers comic book visions of a dangerous, demented, dystopian future. There’s less overlap than ever before between the list of biggest movie money-makers for 2014 and...
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Poll Gives Edge to GOP Mainstream
According to conventional wisdom, strident activists will dominate the Republican primaries, but a new poll suggests otherwise.
A CBS news survey asked self-identified Republicans whether or not they wanted to see various candidates run for president. A plurality of GOP voters had negative responses to the candidacy of many candidates associated with the Tea...
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“Sniper” Hits the Target
The record-breaking success of Clint Eastwood’s AMERICAN SNIPER has shocked the Hollywood establishment and produced angry denunciations from Tinseltown leftists.
SNIPER earned more than $100,000,000 its first weekend in wide release—the strongest opening for any war movie, ever. It also counted as the top January opening in history—easily beating AVATAR,...
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Rand Paul and His Papa Problem
Why should the pathetic ravings of a 79-year-old retired Congressman from the far political fringe help to determine the outcome of the upcoming race for the GOP Presidential nomination?
Because the recent outbursts of former-Representative Ron Paul (Libertarian-Mars) place his son, Senator Rand Paul, in an all-but-untenable position that could destroy his...
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“Some Consolation” in Anti-Israel Smears
The Palestinian attempt to join the International Criminal Court to pursue “war crimes” charges against Israel represents the sort of vile and groundless smear employed by Jew-haters throughout history. The Israelis didn’t begin last July’s “Operation Protective Edge” in order to inflict “genocide” on innocent civilians but to stop the rocket...
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Free Speech for One Side Only
Imagine that a fire chief self-published a book making the case for gay marriage, and pleading for greater acceptance of homosexual relationships.
Is it conceivable the mayor would fire the long-time public servant for potentially offending some members of his department and citizens of the city?
That’s the right question to ask and answer regarding the...
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Unequal Treatment of Terror Victims
The world seems uniquely outraged over the massacre of French cartoonists and writers at a satirical magazine but it’s not easy to explain why.
The journalists had been threatened for years and knew they exposed themselves to danger through their work. That wasn’t true for the 2,000 slaughtered in Nigeria the same week just for the crime of being...
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Rand Paul’s Worst Enemy
The ravings of a 79-year-old former Congressman may help decide the 2016 race for the GOP presidential nomination. Ron Paul responded to recent massacres in France by blaming the French, not terrorists. He condemned “their risky foreign policy” and “the fantasy that they attack us because they…cannot stand our free speech.”
Is it a “fantasy” that...
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The Dictionary Proves It: Government Means Control
As the presidential campaign begins to come into focus in the early days of 2015 it should become increasingly obvious that the race will turn on fundamental disagreement about the very nature of government. Democrats believe that government exists in order to help people; since many segments of the populace can always use more help, progressives assume they...
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Hollywood’s Grim Vision of the Future
The final list of top Hollywood money makers for 2014 delivers some bad news for American culture: not one of these movies counts as even vaguely original or realistic. Seven of the big ten are either sequels, or remakes, or both; five are based on comic books; two more—the delightful “Lego Movie” and the wretched “Transformers: Age of...
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