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DIANE MEDVED: Why People Don’t Talk About Religion
BY DIANE MEDVED
I’m listening to the Michael Medved radio show, and he’s talking about why few people are willing to discuss religion in social situations. Let me offer my response.
Remember when there were two topics not to be discussed in polite company lest someone become upset? Those two used to be politics and religion. No longer. Now,...
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Do Jews, Christians and Muslims Believe in the Same God?
Most Americans say they believe in God. Around the world, religious Jews, Christians and Muslims say they believe in God, as do many people who do not identify with any formal religion.
But this statement is actually meaningless.
To cite one example, the God in whose name some Muslim extremists cut innocent peoples’ throats and violate women cannot be the...
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DIANE MEDVED: Lucky to live in the US: Murder Rates Down Sharply in the Land of Law and Gratitude
BY DIANE MEDVED
In these days when the presidential race is driving everyone batty, and candidates capitalize on how awful everything is, we need some good news. Here it is.
Black lives and all lives do matter, and more of them are being preserved. A new study in the American Sociological Review of 131 of the largest US metropolitan areas found the rate of...
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Brokering a convention, part IV
Donald Trump had shrewdly set up headquarters for his team in the Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland’s Tower City, smack in the heart of downtown. Reciprocity among casino owners was as advertised — legendary until it turned lethal — and Trump’s excellent relationships throughout the gaming industry had opened all the doors in the four year old...
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“50% Divorce Rate” Again Exposed as a Lie
Many sources still cite the long-discredited, utterly bogus statistic that half of all marriages end in divorce, but the Washington Post recently reported on analysis by Flowing Data that once again exposes the lie.
Among all Americans, nearly two-thirds of marriages last until one of the partners dies – there has never been a 50% divorce rate, and the rates...
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The Wrong Way to Attack Hillary
Hillary Clinton deserves criticism for many aspects of her candidacy, including her push to expand government’s role in our lives and to pull back from America’s leadership in the world. She’s also open to ethical questions over her reckless use of a secret e-mail account, dubious donations received by the Clinton Foundation, huge speaking fees from Wall...
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Calls for American Unity Are Either Dishonest or Naive
Just about all candidates for president regularly announce their intent to unite Americans, to “bring us together.”
It’s a gimmick.
If they are sincere, they are profoundly naive; if they are just muttering sweet nothings in order to seduce Americans to vote for them, they are manipulative.
In his acceptance speech at the 2004 Democratic...
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Brokering a convention, Part III
As Sen. Cruz headed into the hallway outside Dan Gilbert’s owner’s suite of Quicken Loans Arena in search of his wife Heidi and campaign manager, Jeff Roe, en route to a meeting with Donald Trump, Spencer Zwick, chairman of America Rising, a super PAC sitting on $200 million, disconnected the second of two rushed calls on his iPhone and turned back...
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The Myth of “Harmless” Pot
A massive new study sponsored jointly by Duke University, the University of California at Davis and other research institutions shows that marijuana is hardly a harmless diversion.
The long-term focus on heavy users shows that those who smoke marijuana four times a week or more suffer serious consequences in terms of economic and career success. About a third...
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Porn: Harmless Diversion or Crippling Addiction?
In an alarming cover story, TIME magazine is warning Americans about a new epidemic that’s devastating adolescent and young-adult males, and that’s the spread of pornography addiction.
Because the internet is flooded with free porn, and young men can access it on many mobile devices in total privacy, this destructive habit is poisoning the intimate lives of...
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An End to Hollywood’s Religious Blindspot?
The year is still young, but 2016 already looks like a big success in terms of faith-friendly films from Hollywood.
MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN features Jennifer Garner in the finest performance of her career in a true story about a mother struggling to maintain her Christian beliefs as her daughter battles a desperate illness. GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 follows up on the...
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A Note to Conservatives Who Are Secular
The most profound thinkers in America are conservative. There are, of course, bright liberal and leftist thinkers, but I can’t think of one who approaches the depth and wisdom of the best conservative writers and thinkers. What liberal historian, for example, approaches the understanding of life and history that author Paul Johnson has exhibited in his...
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Brokering a convention, Part II
Part I of this serialization can be found here.
Wednesday night, July 20, 2016. Cleveland Ohio. Dan Gilbert’s Owner’s Suite 1, Quicken Loans Arena
As the door closed behind Ohio’s governor, Sen. Ted Cruz kept his silence and could hear the Buckeye asking his Ohio State Troopers in their distinctive campaign hats, “Where the hell did you...
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No Real Diversity
The University of Missouri has become the latest academic institution to require all students to take three credit hours of “Diversity Intensive” instruction: classes that emphasize “inequities” facing racial, sexual, national and disability groups that have been designated as disadvantaged minorities.
While students can benefit from a broad education...
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No Plausible Path to Victory
Public-opinion polls show Hillary Clinton consistently crushing Donald Trump in trial-heats but some Trump true-believers insist he could somehow still win.
In Politico, computer modeling showed he’d first need to double the percentage of black voters won by Mitt Romney – which might be possible without Obama on the ballot. Second, he’d need to do at...
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The Folly of Making Unnecessary Enemies
When our children were still in preschool, we tried to teach them an important lesson: don’t pick fights with your classmates, and don’t start pointless feuds with your teachers. Apparently, Donald Trump hasn’t learned that lesson.
After a press conference, his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, grabbed and pushed reporter Michelle Fields. Instead of...
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