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Most Jews Wish You a Merry Christmas
As a Jew, and a religious one at that, I want to wish my fellow Americans a Merry Christmas. Not “Happy Holidays.” Merry Christmas. I write, “my fellow Americans” because, as reported by the Pew Research poll released just last Wednesday, nine in 10 Americans say they celebrate Christmas. Apparently, many Americans have forgotten that...
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The next crop of cardinals will reveal much about Pope Francis
BUENOS AIRES — Nothing like back-to-back visits to Pope Francis‘ former home church, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires, to focus the mind on the very important decisions about to be handed down by Time’s Man of the Year.
Francis will soon name new cardinals who will enter the College of Cardinals at a formal “consistory” to...
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Michael Medved’s Top Ten Movies of 2013
1. American Hustle
2. August: Osage County
3. 12 Years A Slave
4. Gravity
5. Rush
6. Nebraska
7. The Place Beyond the Pines – Buy on BluRay/DVD
8. Captain Phillips
9. Monsters University – Buy on BluRay/DVD
10. About Time
Honorable Mention:
42 – Buy on BluRay/DVD
Her
Blue Jasmine
Filling the Void
Black Nativity
The Kings of Summer – Buy...
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More on War on Christmas: Silent Night Not So Silent
The Left never stops. Children are forced to change the lyrics of “Silent Night” to make it secular.
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Ducking Fairness
The A&E suspension of Phil Robertson is outrageous, unjustified, and a threat to free expression and fairness.The key issue isn’t freedom of speech: the First Amendment in no way protects us from consequences if we say something untrue or irresponsible in a public forum.
The key issue here is the misrepresentation of Robertson’s remarks....
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The Gospel According to Peanuts
Few headlines about network television make me giddy. Fewer still make me hopeful that all is good in the world. But back in August of 2010, I read the following headline from the media pages with great excitement: “Charlie Brown Is Here to Stay: ABC Picks Up ‘Peanuts’ Specials Through 2015.” The first of these to be made, the famous Christmas special,...
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The CoveredCA.com Collapse: How Many California Democrats Does It Take With It?
Peter Lee is going to need a copy of The Happiest Life, and very soon, because his 2014 looks like it will be miserable, though not as miserable as he will have made the start of the new year for hundreds of thousands of Californians whom Lee has failed.
Lee is the number one guy at what may prove to be the biggest failure of many big failures in the state...
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Does More Gridlock Mean Success?
After Paul Ryan’s budget compromise passed the House with overwhelming support from both Republicans and Democrats, many Senate conservatives concentrated their efforts on an all-out fight to block the bill.
While identifying plenty of shortcomings in the bipartisan legislation, these die-hard critics never identified how defeating the budget would advance...
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The Greatest Latino Ball-Player of Them All
Here’s a trivia question to stump your friends and confound political correctness: Who was, without a doubt, the greatest Latino baseball player of all time? Roberto Clemente? Albert Pujols? Juan Marichal?
Actually, the answer is Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox immortal who had the highest career on-base percentage in history.
But no one thinks of “The...
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Bad Ideas More Dangerous than Deadly Weapons
Twelve days before Christmas, 18-year-old Karl Pierson stormed into Colorado’s Arapahoe High School armed with a shotgun, three Molotov cocktails in his backpack and a machete. The senior athlete and competitive debater fired his weapon for 80 seconds, critically wounding a fellow student before turning the gun on himself.
In explaining his murderous rage,...
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Adelson Drops His Giant Spain Project
One major reason (not the only) is that the Spanish government refuses to permit smoking in the casinos. Also note how much time is devoted to Adelson being conservative. What does that have to do with anything?
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“Tolerance” Now Means Government-Coerced Celebration
Jack Phillips owns the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., about 10 miles from downtown Denver. In July 2012, two gay men, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, asked Phillips to provide the cake for their wedding celebration. Though same-sex marriage is not allowed in Colorado — the Colorado Constitution states that “Only a union of one...
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“Tolerance” Now Means Government-Coerced Celebration
Jack Phillips owns the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., about 10 miles from downtown Denver. In July 2012, two gay men, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, asked Phillips to provide the cake for their wedding celebration. Though same-sex marriage is not allowed in Colorado — the Colorado Constitution states that “Only a union of one...
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“Tolerance” Now Means Government-Coerced Celebration
Jack Phillips owns the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., about 10 miles from downtown Denver. In July 2012, two gay men, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, asked Phillips to provide the cake for their wedding celebration. Though same-sex marriage is not allowed in Colorado — the Colorado Constitution states that “Only a union of one...
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“Tolerance” Now Means Government-Coerced Celebration
Jack Phillips owns the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., about 10 miles from downtown Denver. In July 2012, two gay men, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, asked Phillips to provide the cake for their wedding celebration. Though same-sex marriage is not allowed in Colorado — the Colorado Constitution states that “Only a union of one...
Read More
“Tolerance” Now Means Government-Coerced Celebration
Jack Phillips owns the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., about 10 miles from downtown Denver. In July 2012, two gay men, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, asked Phillips to provide the cake for their wedding celebration. Though same-sex marriage is not allowed in Colorado — the Colorado Constitution states that “Only a union of one...
Read More