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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 WebsiteWILL NEW SLEEPING BAGS REALLY HELP THE HOMELESS?
Good intentions hardly guarantee good results, as a young activist in Seattle is about to discover. Eddie Wang, a recent graduate of University of Washington, is raising money to provide comfortable new sleeping bags for all homeless people in the Seattle area – an estimated 3,000 of them.
He’s half-way to his goal of $75,000 for the sleeping bags, but he...
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Stupid Myths about Turnout, Demographics and GOP Victory
You’ve heard the nonsense: Republicans swept the nation because turnout in the midterm elections was shamefully low, with people of color staying home and allowing a surge of old, angry white males to dominate the contests in state after state.
This narrative may make Democrats feel better about the outcome but it bears no connection whatever to facts...
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Stupid Myths about Turnout, Demographics and GOP Victory
You’ve heard the nonsense: Republicans swept the nation because turnout in the midterm elections was shamefully low, with people of color staying home and allowing a surge of old, angry white males to dominate the contests in state after state.
This narrative may make Democrats feel better about the outcome but it bears no connection whatever to facts...
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Obama, the Role of Race, and GOP Victory
To many liberals, it seems obvious that Barack Obama’s problems and setbacks– including the resounding Republican victory on November 4th – stem in no small part from racist reaction to his status as the first non-white president in American history. The facts, however, suggest that racial factors contributed far more to Obama’s successes than they did...
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LOW TURNOUT DOESN’T EXPLAIN DEMOCRATIC FAILURE
Democrats attempt to explain their dismal performance in the recent elections by emphasizing the low turnout – only 36.6% of eligible voters. But the truth is that this turnout is typical of midterm elections over the last forty years. Turnout in each of those eleven cycles since 1974 has been very similar – above 36% and below 40%, and in three of them...
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THE SECRET OF GOP SUCCESS
Some commentators have tried to explain GOP success in the recent elections by citing a sudden surge of conservative voters–the same ideologically driven voters who, according to common myth, stayed home and doomed Mitt Romney’s campaign two years ago. But exit polls show 35% of all voters in Mitt Romney’s race in 2012 called themselves conservative –...
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Race Baiting Campaign Shows Obama Biggest Failure
This column appeared at TruthRevolt.org on October 31, 2014.
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Regardless of the final outcome of Tuesday’s midterm elections, the Democratic campaign has exposed Barack Obama’s heart-breaking failure in pursuit of the primary goal that made him president: healing the bitter divisions between black and white in America. Instead of affirming the...
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Seizing the Initiative in Washington
With an increase in strength in both houses of Congress Republicans must now use that new power to change the direction of the country. Blocking the president’s progressive agenda is important but it’s not nearly enough: conservatives must fight for constructive reform, not continued stalemate.
With that in mind, Congressional leaders should strike within...
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SEIZING THE INITIATIVE IN WASHINGTON
With an increase in strength in both houses of Congress Republicans must now use that new power to change the direction of the country. Blocking the Obama agenda is important, but it’s not enough: conservatives must fight for change, not just continued stalemate.
Republicans should announce a brief set of clear goals and pledge to bring them to floor votes...
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A MOVIE WITH A MESSAGE
The new movie NIGHTCRAWLER has generated well-deserved Oscar buzz for Jake Gyllenhaal’s charismatically creepy performance as a ruthless manipulator who sells bloody footage of crime and accident victims to a local news broadcast in LA.
The movie, from first-time director Dan Gilroy, rightly indicts TV news for its relentless focus on violence and disaster,...
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A MOVIE WITH A MESSAGE
The new movie NIGHTCRAWLER has generated well-deserved Oscar buzz for Jake Gyllenhaal’s charismatically creepy performance as a ruthless manipulator who sells bloody footage of crime and accident victims to a local news broadcast in LA.
The movie, from first-time director Dan Gilroy, rightly indicts TV news for its relentless focus on violence and disaster,...
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BANNING CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH PRAYER
The world reacts with fury to any security-based Israeli restrictions on Muslim worshippers, but no one protests over the absolute ban of Jewish and Christians prayers on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.
Israel liberated Jerusalem in 1967, but handed exclusive control of this holy site to the Islamic Waqf, which permits only Muslims to pray where Solomon’s Temple...
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BANNING CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH PRAYER
The world reacts with fury to any security-based Israeli restrictions on Muslim worshippers, but no one protests over the absolute ban of Jewish and Christians prayers on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.
Israel liberated Jerusalem in 1967, but handed exclusive control of this holy site to the Islamic Waqf, which permits only Muslims to pray where Solomon’s Temple...
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Liberation From Loony Libertarians
If Republicans fall short of taking control of the US Senate in next week’s elections, oddball activists behind quixotic third party campaigns will deserve part of the blame (or credit, if you’re a liberal). At least voters in Oregon will be able to cast ballot for a worthwhile reform to prevent such anti-democratic outcomes in the future.
First,...
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Liberation From Loony Libertarians
If Republicans fall short of taking control of the US Senate in next week’s elections, oddball activists behind quixotic third party campaigns will deserve part of the blame (or credit, if you’re a liberal). At least voters in Oregon will be able to cast ballot for a worthwhile reform to prevent such anti-democratic outcomes in the future.
First,...
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Congrats! GOP Has Already Won
With at least a dozen exceedingly close contests in every part of the country, no one knows for certain who will control the US Senate after November 4th. But in the more significant, long-term contest for national dominance it’s safe to declare that the GOP has already won a significant victory.
How is that possible, when it’s still conceivable that...
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