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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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David Von Pein: NBC News’s David Brinkley on JFK Assassination- November 23, 1963

“Assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former … Continue reading

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Zip Trivia: ‘Are You a Commie, or a Citizen?’

“This movie tells you what it takes to be a true patriotic, American. If you can’t rat out the godless commies without thinking, watch this film!” From Zip Trivia  “Authentic first-hand information by a man who knows. In 1939 Reverend Kenneth … 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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