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Oscar Sunday.      According to Betfair.com, Jennifer Lawrence probably won't win best actress at the Oscars Sunday. I'm rooting f...

Racism is a convenient rationale.     The latest tempest in a teapot controversy is over a lack of black nominees for this year's Acad...

from Investor's Business Daily.     Fraud: Ten years ago Monday, Al Gore said we had only a decade left to save the planet from global...

by Kurt Loder.     Haters of Hillary Clinton may be disappointed to find that there’s no mention of the former secretary of state in Mich...

by John W. Whitehead.       What a turbulent year it’s been. For those of us who have managed to survive 2015 with our lives intact and ou...

by Thomas Sowell.      People who want to buy Christmas gifts, without having to confront the crowds at the local shopping mall (or shoppi...

by Ted Johnson.        A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the lyrics to “Happy Birthday to You” are not protected by copyright, conclud...

by Joe Williams.       Edward Snowden, the computer whiz who blew the whistle on widespread surveillance against American citizens, speaks...

by Bill Goodykoontz.         Snowden documentary gets high marks. "Citizenfour" captures history in the making. That may sound l...

Contrary to what you may see on television.    Americans now face beheadings, gang warfare, Ebola, ISIS and a new war in Syria. It's n...

Fifty Years Later, Was the Mission Accomplished?        Director John Frankenheimer’s 1964 political thriller Seven Days in May is a clear...

The cronies who compose the ruling class.        Politicians say, "We're all equal," and pretend that they represent everyon...

Do as I say, not as I do.          I'm annoyed that so many Hollywood celebrities hate the system that made them rich. Actor/comedian ...

by John F. McManus.       More intensely than almost any other nation, we Americans are dependent on energy — to run businesses, heat and ...

Don’t give up on Hollywood.      I just had the exciting opportunity to pre-screen Gettysburg director Ron Maxwell’s third Civil War mov...

Bad investment for United Arab Emirates.    Matt Damon’s much hyped anti-fracking film “ Promised Land ” has failed to make the impact th...

It could even become illegal to resell almost anything. Tucked into the U.S. Supreme Court’s agenda this fall is a little-known case that ...

Interest in learning Obama's roots catching fire.    A politically charged documentary called 2016: Obama’s America turned heads last w...