2019-03-29 03:10
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2019-01-21 01:47
The ability of social media to elevate the smallest of issues into national controversies has been well documented. But the past few days has done more to show the ability of social m… Read More
2018-05-11 03:33
This was first posted at Ricochet on May 8, 2018, and posted here only for sake of posterity.
American society, such as it is, has always been an amalgam of various cultural entities… Read More
2018-05-06 14:40
This was first posted at Ricochet on April 27, 2018 and posted here only for sake of posterity.
The Problem With Apu discussion continues. Honestly, at this point, I can’t… Read More
2018-04-29 23:48
This was first published at Ricochet on April 25, 2018, and posted here only for sake of posterity.
The case of Alfie Evans once again brings to light the ethical and moral landmines that… Read More
2018-04-27 04:36
Kevin Feige has deftly and intelligently steered the Marvel Universe from its very beginning. From the early days including Iron Man, to their latest megahit with Black Panther, Feige… Read More
2018-04-25 13:43
This post first appeared in the National Review on April 11, 2018, and is linked here. It is only posted here for sake of posterity.
The most recent shallow and silly controversy to e… Read More
2018-04-11 17:09
Well…who could have predicted this ending?
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan decided to call it quits today…and declared he would not run for re-election this fall.
Thus ends the… Read More
2018-03-30 12:50
I am a child of the 80s. Ronald Reagan, Michael Jackson, the Cold War; Spielberg, Star Wars, John Hughes movies? Those are the cultural tent poles that defined my childhood, for better or… Read More
2018-03-04 01:27
This was originally posted at the American Spectator on March 1, 2018.
The realization that the American political climate is hostile, unproductive and downright horrid over the past… Read More
2017-12-15 03:57
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi seems to bring the iconic series to a inflection point…regardless of the specifics of the plot of the movie.
Almost a year ago, Carrie Fisher di… Read More
2017-11-17 15:04
Think back about 25 years or so. As a science fiction fan, what would have been your absolute, orgasmic fantasies for movies you wanted to see on the big screen in the future?
Another… Read More
2017-07-09 21:42
Spider-Man: Homecoming has had a long, twisted path to coming to fruition.
After the mediocre and somewhat ill thought out Amazing Spiderman movies starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, m… Read More
2017-07-03 21:45
The case of the young English infant Charlie Gard is both heart breaking and a teachable moment, all at once.
The child was born with a terrible genetic condition called infantile onset… Read More
2017-06-28 13:08
So I am a few days late to my analyses of the GOP’s latest health care proposal, the Senate’s awkwardly named Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA).
For the record, I have come… Read More
2017-06-22 04:05
I have been, overall, a apologist for Michael Bay and his Transformers series. The excuses for his movies are well known: He loud, brash, cinematically beautiful but lacking any sensible pl… Read More
2017-06-02 11:24
Rejoice, DC Comics fans.
The movie you have been hoping for from the DC universe has finally arrived.
Sure, the ‘Dark Knight’ Batman movies were fantastic overall, but the DC Un… Read More
2017-03-22 19:15
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On Thursday, the House of Representatives will bring to the floor the Republican health care reform plan, set to repeal much of the Affordable Care Act.
The confusingly named American… Read More
2017-03-07 02:24
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After many years of promising a full replacement bill, and after months of haggling behind closed doors, the Republicans in Congress have submitted the first draft of their legislative… Read More
2017-02-28 14:34
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Late last week, Politico was able to obtain an early draft of the proposed ACA repeal and replacement legislation currently weaving its way through the corridors of Congress. Rep… Read More
2017-01-27 21:38
TweetSen. Rand Paul, never one to be content to stay in the mainstream, released his own ACA repeal-and-replace plan on Wednesday. The plan can be read here.
The plan has been far less… Read More
2017-01-25 16:59
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Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Susan Collins of Maine brought forth the first major Congressional alternative to the Affordable Care Act of this Congress, as they unveiled their P… Read More
2017-01-20 13:36
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Today, January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump will place his hand on the Lincoln Bible, and take the oath of office to become the 45th President of the United States.
Exactly 8 years a… Read More
2017-01-13 14:11
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The race to repeal the Affordable Care Act is now on. The promises of President-Elect Trump, as well as the Republican Congress, now come to fruition as they are left to deliver… Read More
2017-01-09 17:54
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Another central moment in society, another political controversy.
Last night, Hollywood held their annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony. During the average year, I would avoid watching… Read More
2016-12-16 03:37
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Rogue One: A Star Wars story, Disney’s first foray into the larger expanded Star Wars Universe, was attacked with numerous whispers of disarray, bad scripting, rewrites and resho… Read More
2016-11-11 14:48
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Let me remind you first of all that I did not vote for Donald Trump. In fact, I was one of the earliest adopters of the #NeverTrump label, and declared I could not vote for him as earl… Read More
2016-11-10 15:37
TweetSad puppy is sad for not doing better.
I like many others have tried to figure out what evidence we clearly missed as Donald Trump stormed his way through the Rust Belt states to defeat… Read More
2016-11-09 13:35
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Congratulations to the soon to be 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
In the most stunning political upset in my lifetime (and maybe in American history), Trump storm… Read More
2016-11-07 15:58
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Another election day…another election prediction to make me look extremely stupid on Wednesday morning.
Couple notes about my predictions: a full list of my predictions can be s… Read More
2016-11-06 22:39
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1. Election has clearly narrowed in the last few weeks. Hillary damaged herself by not leaking her own emails a year ago…which I said was a major mistake as far back as the Spr… Read More
2016-11-05 01:55
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Doctor Strange is a significant departure for the Marvel Universe. While the majority of the movies largely center around some new human technology that creates not only a superhero b… Read More
2016-10-19 14:53
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Wikileaks, the mysterious online organization started by Julian Assange, has been a relatively major force in the 2016 election…and a thorn in the side of Hillary Clinton.
There… Read More
2016-10-10 15:25
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So, last night’s second Presidential debate was…something.
Accusations of sexual assault. Accusations that a former President is a rapist and assaulter, with several of hi… Read More
2016-09-19 14:48
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So…are the polls really showing a Trump surge? Are we ready to see the Truman/Dewey moment of the 21st century?
Here is what all the hubbub is about:
Yes. The story is real.
Th… Read More
2016-07-26 14:14
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Even after the often messy, consistently off message Republican National Convention last week, Donald Trump has obtained a significant bounce in the polls.
The size of the bounce like… Read More
2016-07-24 19:09
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I’ll have to admit that as trailer after trailer of the third installment of Star Trek of the Abrams universe came out…I was underwhelmed.
The question for me with new Sta… Read More
2016-07-22 13:23
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Donald Trump, billionaire extraordinaire, has in 12 months done what progressives dreamed about for the past three decades: destroy the Reagan coalition once and for all.
The part… Read More
2016-05-05 13:39
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I can actually remember the moment I joined the Republican Party.
It was the Monday after July 4th in 1991. I had just turned 18 the week before. And, there were a few momentous things… Read More
2016-05-04 00:43
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_I regret to inform you of the passing of the Grand Old Party…_
With Donald Trump’s victory in the Indiana primary, his securing of the GOP nomination is all but guarantee… Read More
2016-03-28 00:50
TweetAny Superman movie is going to receive a tremendous amount of criticism. Superman is the iconic superhero in America…nothing, nobody, defines what it means to be a hero in Americ… Read More
2016-03-09 14:50
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The end is near…in more ways than one.
As I said before Super Tuesday, Donald Trump is very likely to win the nomination outright. I still believe this; the numbers, and m… Read More
2016-03-01 14:45
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So, just some brief observations going into Super Tuesday:
1. Donald Trump will win most, if not all, states.
I think this is a forgone conclusion. I believe Cruz will win Texas… Read More
2016-02-02 14:57
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Its likes the song Feeling Good…”It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day…”…
The Iowa Caucus, in a few short hours, turned the political conventiona… Read More
2016-01-29 16:19
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With days remaining until the first actual vote of the 2016 season, the myriad of issues that remain undecided still are quite remarkable. Is Trump still leading? Is Cruz fading? Does… Read More
2015-12-18 03:25
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For my generation, there are few cultural tent poles as important as Star Wars. The original Star Wars is the first movie I can remember actually going to a theater and watching;… Read More
2015-11-12 14:37
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Hillary Clinton is not an honest woman. This is not news. She has a quarter century public record of showing her inability to tell simple truths, and hold by them.
The past week… Read More
2015-11-11 04:25
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Quick observations:
Biggest winners? Fox Business. The moderators were not perfect, but did not try to inject themselves too much into the discussion. They asked, for the most p… Read More
2015-11-03 15:33
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I have publicly been very reticent in disclosing my feelings about which candidate I would ultimately support for the Republican nomination.
This was for many reasons. First and foremo… Read More
2015-10-29 02:41
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A few quick thoughts on this debate:
Jeb Bush got trounced. On multiple fronts. The most spectacular was when he attacked Marco Rubio on his Senate attendance record. Rubio turned it a… Read More
2015-08-24 13:19
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This weekend’s national Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit was my first AFP meeting ever…but it won’t be my last. It was conveniently locat… Read More
2015-08-17 13:45
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Hillary Clinton is the midst of a slow, steady series of unforced errors.
The entire email controversy is a scandal of her own making. The original sin was to use a private email serve… Read More
2015-08-15 02:57
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Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition is Nisid Hajari’s addition to the vast historical literature on the subject of the human tragedy resu… Read More
2015-08-07 04:38
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I have purposefully avoided commenting too much about the GOP nomination race. I’ve been through enough of these races to know that virtually nothing worthwhile happens in… Read More
2015-07-20 00:22
For fans who are not familiar with the Marvel Comic history, Ant-Man seems like a bad joke; a flashback to the heydays of low-quality science fiction B movies.
In fact, Ant-Man… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The March 31st deadline for enrolling in Obamacare has come and gone. How fast time flies. It was only late last year that the March 31st hard deadline was created. Oh, you don’t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This is video of the Google Hangout I participated in with Bret Baier, host of Fox News Special Report. We focused on the status of Obamacare, as we approach the March 31st signup deadline… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Much like Kentucky, which I wrote about yesterday, Kansas is not a primary race I thought of nor wanted to be talking about. Incumbent Senator Pat Roberts is seeking his fourth term… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This, honestly, is not a discussion we should be having. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is an icon in Kentucky. He will raise more money than virtually any other Republican in this cycle. … Read More
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