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Leslie Sattler: Why Sydney Sweeney is trending, and what it means for America

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022
Leslie Sattler
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When the “Euphoria” actress subtly revealed that her parents vote red, social media lost its mind.
By Leslie Sattler

Culture

Leslie Sattler: Please don’t tweet at the guy who shot Reagan

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022
Leslie Sattler
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As social media users, we need to remember where the line is.
By Leslie Sattler

Culture

Jeff Hurvitz: Hollywood’s decline as the Oscars slap saga continues to echo

April 5, 2022April 8, 2022
Jeff Hurvitz

The Oscars is an aging relic that has lost its compass — and Will Smith’s slap points to its impending death.
By Jeff Hurvitz

Culture

Albert Eisenberg: 5 iconic conservatives that you can stream right now

May 27, 2020April 19, 2021
Albert Eisenberg

Conservative characters sometimes — unwittingly or not — slip through the cracks. Here are five such characters you can stream at home right now.
By Albert Eisenberg

Civic Culture

John McWhorter: We cannot allow ‘1619’ to dumb down America in the name of a crusade

May 24, 2020June 30, 2021
John McWhorter
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The fundamental claim promoted by the New York Times’ 1619 Project — that the Revolutionary War was fought to preserve slavery — simply does not correspond with the facts. This false history will do more damage than its proponents realize.
By John McWhorter

Culture

Elizabeth-Jane McGuire: The ‘Yes’ of Mr. Rogers

December 4, 2019April 19, 2021
Elizabeth-Jane McGuire
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I had gone into the movie hoping to be entertained, but what I got was a dose of spiritual direction.
By Elizabeth-Jane McGuire

Culture

Art Carey: When Mister Rogers was my neighbor — and my friend

November 28, 2019April 19, 2021
Art Carey
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He was a prodigious, patient listener, an outstanding anomaly in this age when so many seem uninterested in hearing what others have to say.
By Art Carey

Culture

Bob Martin: Monty Python at 50: Timeless, too silly and still completely different

October 23, 2019April 19, 2021
Bob Martin

The irony, the delicious incongruities and the sheer humor have kept me in stitches for a half-century. And so many of the sketches are a history and literature lesson woven into comedy.
By Bob Martin

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