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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 WebsiteUse the Oscar Show to Answer North Korea
In order to strike back against the devastating cyber-assault from North Korea, Hollywood must turn to the biggest weapon in its arsenal: the Academy Awards broadcast scheduled for Sunday night, February 22nd.
Right after Neil Patrick Harris finishes his opening monologue (or, most likely, his opening production number, given his formidable abilities as...
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Michael Medved’s Best and Worst Movies of 2014
BEST:
1. American Sniper
2. Boyhood
3. Chef
4. Magic in the moonlight
5. The Hobbit
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Locke
8. The Lego Movie
9. Mr. Turner
10. Big Eyes
WORST:
1. Snowpiercer
2. Sex Tape
3. Tammy
4. Transformers: Age of Extinction
5. The Other Woman
6. Tusk
7. Dumb and Dumber To
8. Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?
9. Robocop
10....
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Science Exposes Manipulative Lies about a “Latino” Race
Scientists recently released the largest ever genetic study of the American public, casting new light on misleading current methods of racial classification. Data from 160,000 participants show that people who identify as African-American possess genes that were 73% African, but 24% European, or “white.” Meanwhile, self-described “Latinos” had DNA that...
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Banning Moses Story as “Zionist Propaganda”
Many American religious leaders disliked the new film EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS because of its departures from Scripture, but Egyptian authorities banned the movie
because it echoes some authentic and “dangerous” Biblical themes.
Egyptian Culture Minister Gaber Asfour condemned the film for “historical inaccuracies” and giving “a Zionist view of...
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Hillary’s Money Problem
Hillary Clinton’s status as a wealthy celebrity will make it difficult for her to deploy the populist narrative that helped Democratic nominees win the popular vote in five out of the last six presidential elections. How can a woman who boasts a net worth of at least $21 million and hobnobs almost exclusively with well-heeled financial titans and movie stars,...
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Hit North Korea with its Worst Fear: Global Humiliation
If a movie inspires a raging international controversy that usually means it’s powerful, persuasive and artistically brilliant–like Birth of a Nation, or Battleship Potemkin, or more recently, The Passion of the Christ. That is emphatically not the case with the lame comedy The Interview, which fomented a new crisis involving North Korea.
The right way...
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Lesson From Santa: Reward The Nice, Not The Naughty
In this festive season of the year, our leaders should learn from its most visible figure and resolve to reward the nice and punish the naughty. Unfortunately, the Obama administration seems perversely determined to do precisely the opposite in both foreign and domestic policy and to violate what ought to be the sacred Santa Principle.
Consider the new opening...
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GOP Imperative: Rehabilitate “The M-Word”
An angry caller to my radio show recently tried to discredit me by invoking the dreaded M-word.
“You’re a moderate!” he growled. “And moderates are killing the Republican Party!”
Actually, if the high-riding GOP does face a serious threat at the moment it’s coming not from the moderates, but from unreasoning, self-destructive hostility to this...
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Gun Control and the Sydney Siege
Advocates of strict gun control often point to nations like Australia as examples of enlightened policy toward firearms. But all of the regulation didn’t prevent a violent criminal with multiple charges against him—and with known sympathies to Islamic terrorists—from using a shotgun to hold a score of hostages in a café in Sydney.
The gun control did...
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The Right Answer on How We’re Different
Brian Williams, the anchorman of NBC news, confronted former CIA director Michael Hayden on the day the Senate released its report on enhanced interrogation techniques.
“How are we better than our enemies, morally, in light of what we all read about today?” the TV journalist demanded.
General Hayden gave a weak answer that minimized his personal...
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Correcting Mistakes About Hanukkah
Despite extensive media coverage and rising levels of public partying, the upcoming holiday of Hanukkah (that begins Tuesday night, December 16th) still causes confusion among both Jewish and non-Jewish Americans. No, it’s not a festival of tolerance or a good-natured celebration of freedom of religion. In fact, the authentic meaning of Hanukkah actually...
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“GODS AND KINGS”: A MATTER OF CHOICE
Religious believers, both Jewish and Christian, feel inevitably intrigued by the release of the spectacular new movie EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS, featuring Oscar-winner Christian Bale as Moses, and directed by Ridley Scott.
The question of whether it’s worth seeing depends on your tolerance for liberties with the Biblical text. Scripture makes it clear, for...
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If White Racism Causes Inequality, Why Do Whites Lag?
If white racism counts as the primary cause for the painful problems of people of color then why do white people themselves lag behind some other racial groups in every measure of success and health?
Census figures show that “non-Hispanic whites” still comprise a big majority of the American population – some 63% according to the latest numbers. But...
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DON’T SHUN THE M-WORD
To succeed with the most decisive group of swing voters Republicans should stop treating “moderate” as a dirty word. Since modern exit polling began in 1976, self-described moderates have comprised the biggest portion of the electorate every time; conservatives have never amounted to more than 35 percent. Republicans therefore can’t win without moderate...
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MEDIA OBSESSION HIDES BLACK SUCCESS
The media frenzy about a purported race “crisis” due to white cops killing young black males ignores basic facts. There is no evidence at all of a dramatic surge in police violence against blacks: Justice Department numbers show a steady average of less than 100 such deaths per year.
Of course, every unnecessary loss is a tragedy, but the obsessive focus on...
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MEDIA OBSESSIONS HIDE BLACK SUCCESS
The media frenzy about a purported race “crisis” due to white cops killing of young black males ignores basic facts. There is no evidence at all of a dramatic surge in police violence against blacks: Justice Department numbers show a steady average of less than 100 such deaths per year.
Of course, every unnecessary loss is a tragedy, but the obsessive focus...
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