Category Archives: Originals

CBS News: ‘The Tenement- Life In Chicago’s Black Ghetto (1967)’

“One in this series of irregularly scheduled in-depth reports. This program focuses on the lives of nine families living in a dilapidated tenement on Chicago’s south.” From CBS News  “This program focuses on the lives of nine families living in a … Continue reading

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Valhalla Cinema: Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Source:Valhalla Cinema I saw Anatomy of a Murder last week on TCM and Robert Osborne described the movie as a very serious, or deeply serious, or something to that effect. But if you are familiar with Jimmy Stewart and a … Continue reading

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Weirdo: Don’t Be a Sucker (1947)

. What you see in this film with the bigot in the beginning unfortunately has a long history in America. But I’m only going to go back to the 1890s or so and talk about bigotry toward non-English immigrants in … Continue reading

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Matthew Hormann: The Hollywood Ten, 1950

Source:Matthew Hormann I don’t want to sound overly partisan here, but this was one of the ugliest anti-American, anti-liberal democratic, illiberal periods in American history. Where Americans were judged by who they associated with and political causes they supported and … Continue reading

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Real Time With Bill Maher: Bill Maher & Ann Coulter (2004)

Source: HBO: Real Time With Bill Maher- Bill Maher & Ann Coulter: 2004 Debate I hate to break this to anyone who might read this who is not a fan of Ann Coulter and even seriously dislikes her and that might … Continue reading

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CBS News: Bill Cosby: ‘Black History: Lost, Stolen or Betrayed’

“It was back during the summer of 1968, only months following the tragic assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr… The United States was beginning to come . It was back during the summer of 1968, only months following the … Continue reading

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Jnuss Bau: The Hollywood Blacklist: 1947-1960

. The late 1940s and all the way up to at least the mid-1950s or so was one of the most fascist illiberal and anti-liberal democratic periods of our time. I think elements of today’s Tea Party and the Ann … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Wendy Kaminer: ‘The Progressive Ideas Behind The Lack of Free Speech on Campus;

“Is an academic discussion of free speech potentially traumatic? A recent panel for Smith College alumnae aimed at “challenging the ideological echo chamber” elicited this ominous “trigger/content warning” when a transcript appeared in the campus newspaper: “Racism/racial slurs, ableist slurs, … Continue reading

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Reason: Peter Suderman: ‘How President Obama’s 529 Tax Plan Proves The Welfare State is Doomed’

“My mother’s caregiver, Tamara, despises Vladimir Putin. She’s a Georgian, and bitterly resents Russia’s 2008 invasion of her home country and subsequent appropriation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia into Moscow’s orbit. “That idiot Putin!” Tamara cries every time I visit … Continue reading

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The National Interest: Scott MacDonald: Could Greece & Russia Crush The European Union?

Source:The National Interest Anyone especially lets say on the social democratic Left in America who thinks that America should adopt the Scandinavian or Greek economic model and become more like Europe economically with a bigger more centralized federal state with … Continue reading

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