Unbroken: Visually Stunning but Lacking Character Development
The true-life story of American Olympic runner and World War II POW Louis Zamperini, Unbroken is an inspiring tale of human endurance. But...
Opinion
These Celebs Get the Grinch Award
Americans are without a doubt the most generous people in the world. We give more of our time and money to others than...
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Black Progression and Retrogression
There is no question, though it's not acknowledged enough, that black Americans have made greater gains, over some of the highest hurdles and...
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Obama’s Cuban Deal Boosts His Legacy; Won’t Help Cubans
Boy, is Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) ticked off. The son of immigrants from Cuba, he says that Barack Obama’s plan to re-establish diplomatic...
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Deficits Invite Catastrophe
There is no way out of this increasingly grim fiscal situation but a sharp cutback in federal spending. ...
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Underlying Economic Indicators Confirm Dow’s Record Run
Remarkably, the economic patient is slowly beginning to recover from its overdose of enforced remedies inflicted on it by the fixers. ...
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Who Are the World’s Smartest Kids? Part 2
The successful homeschool phenomenon in the United States does not address the question of how public education can be improved here. The Finnish...
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The High Cost of Playing the Race Card
The cold-blooded murder of two New York City policemen as they sat in their car is not only an outrage but also a...
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How Did “Withdraw All Troops” Become Adding Thousands?
Is it correct to state that after nearly eight years of war in Iraq and the loss of 4,500 American lives the United...
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All Lies Matter
The chant "Black lives matter!" — shouted increasingly by "progressives" — makes one wonder, "Don't all lives matter?" ...
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“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” and Jackson’s Tolkien Extravaganza
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a fitting conclusion to Jackson’s six-movie Tolkien extravaganza. Where Jackson faltered from time to...
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Isolationist? So’s Your Old Founding Father.
For years, even decades, partisans of the Old Right and segments of the New Left have protested the misuse and abuse of the...
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John McCain May Acquire More Neoconservative Allies in 2015
Washington watchers have suggested that the neocons are likely to increase their numbers as a result of newly elected Republican senators. ...
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America’s Culture of Death
Michael Brown died on August 9. But aborting babies, a large number of whom are black, continues in the state where he lived,...
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A Review of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Beowulf”
The latest volume from the previously-unpublished writings of the author of The Hobbit is a memorial to Tolkien's standing as a brilliant scholar....
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