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Why Health Care Reform May Kill the USA

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Constitutional Law, John Boehner, Maturity, Health Care Reform, Treason, Democracy, U.S. Constitution, Pbs Newshour, Constitution, John Wayne, Rebellion, Health Care, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

My waking nightmare was prompted by House Minority Leader John Boehner's appearance on the PBS NewsHour Thursday night. Why is he speaking so positively of "rebellion"?

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Trup: From the Detroit Stories

Lester Sloan | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

It had been raining about an hour when the locksmith rang my doorbell. I went to the door prepared to put his mind at ease. If you didn't know, Detroit is like that.

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Change the World? Give a Kid a Book

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Johnny Got a Gun, The Beatles, 1968 Democratic National Convention, James Joyce, The Sisters, The Dubliners, Martin Luther King, Anti-War Movement, 1968, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Bobby Kennedy, John Wayne, Books, Living News

She was the town's meter maid -- a plus-sized meter maid, and not "the most comely of maidens." One day after choir, she handed me a book, saying simply: "I think you will like this."

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Two Views of Apology

Stanton Peele | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Natalie Wood, Karl Rove, Ronald Reagan, Sean Hannity, The Searchers, Christianity, Newt Gingrich, Bill O'Reilly, John Wayne, John Ford, Cairo University Speech, Fox & Friends, Barack Obama, Apology, Politics News

The inability to apologize and see the other side is a psychological weakness.

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Just When Did The Quality Of Hollywood Films Start To Drop?

John Farr | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harrison Ford, Jim Carrey, Shia La Beouf, Richard Dreyfuss, William Holden, James Stewart, Clark Gable, Classic Film, Angelina Jolie, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Spencer Tracy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Downey Jr, Cary Grant, Robin Williams, Christian Bale, Ingrid Bergman, Foreign Films, Jack Lemmon, Paul Hogan, Bette Midler, Dancing With the Stars, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo Dicaprio, Technology, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor, Tyrone Power, John Travolta, Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Danny Devito, John Wayne, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Myrna Loy, Will Smith, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Adam Sandler, Steve McQueen, Daniel Craig, Meg Ryan, Tom Selleck, Hollywood, The Quigley Poll, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News

While Hollywood continues to dominate the global film market, the most original, intelligent, and enduring movies today are being made outside this country.

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Red the Book: He Called His Penis John Wayne. He Lied.

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: College Students, Lies, Britain, Ostriches, Mental Health, Dating Advice, College, Romance, Zoo, Dating, Dishonesty, Men, Storytelling, John Wayne, Entertainment News

So I loved a storyteller. Don't we all? Is there anything more seductive, really?

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Why John Wayne Still Ranks Among Today's Most Popular Stars

John Farr | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

Wayne's persona -- its bigness, roughness, but also its decency -- literally came to define our heritage. And to a surprising degree, it still does.

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Star Trek's New Coming-of-Age Saga for Generation O

William Bradley | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Star Wars, 1960s, Space Program, Star Trek Movie, William Shatner, Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Saldana, J.J. Abrams, Terminator, Karl Urban, Leonard McCoy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peace Corps, Lost, X-Men, Star Trek, Jerry Goldsmith, Uhura, Anton Yelchin, Alias, Leonard Nimoy, Fringe, Roberto Orci, Christopher Pike, Top Gun, John McCain, Kennedy, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Heroes, Special Forces, Apple Store, Chekov, John Wayne, John Ford, Barack Obama, Alex Kurtzman, John Cho, Jeffrey Hunter, Thirteen Days, Zachary Quinto, Sulu, George Lucas, Michael Giacchino, Samuel Peeples, Starfleet, Spock, Chris Pines, Steve Schmidt, Steve McQueen, Doctor Who, Jfk, James T. Kirk, Gene Roddenberry, Entertainment News

Star Trek's message, focusing on a future of diversity, teamwork, and technology, appropriately used -- is especially attuned to the Obama era.

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No More Heroes

Gabe Gonzalez | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, Congress, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Heroes, Iraq War, Football, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, President Obama, National Service, National Service Act, Malcolm X, John Wayne, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News

Were we stand right now is with a President that has laid out a bold vision. But that cannot become real if we, those that chose him, are silent.

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Don't Mess With Three Stooges or John Wayne

Scott Mehno | Posted 04.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aig, John Wayne, The Three Stooges, Remakes, The 3 Stooges, Larry Moe and Curly, Shemp Howard, The Three Stooges Remake, Hollywood, Entertainment News

The #1 sure sign that American culture is on the fritz and fading fast are announcements touting such heretical movie re-dos in the name of Hollywood hipness.

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Best Movies By Farr: When Oscar Screws Up

John Farr | Posted 03.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Edward G. Robinson, The English Patient, The Exorcist, Tom Hanks, History of the Academy Awards, Julie Andrews, Milk, Fred MacMurray, John Wayne, The Wrestler Stanley Kubrick, As Good as It Gets, Capote, The Great Ziegfeld, Traffic, L.A. Confidential, Driving Miss Daisy, Dr. Strangelove, Fargo, High Noon, Million Dollar Baby, Joan Allen, My Left Foot, Around the World in Eighty Days, Slumdog Millionaire, The Academy Awards, The Sting, Rocky Balboa, Letters From Iwo Jima, Double Indemnity, Shirley MacLaine, Rex Harrison, Little Miss Sunshine, Ed Harris, Life Is Beautiful, Peter Finch, Shakespeare in Love, Charles Chaplin, James Dean, Giant, Crash, My Man Godfrey, Barbara Stanwyck, The Contender, Network, Imelda Staunton, Academy Awards, Titanic, Louis B. Mayer; Daryl Zanuck; Samuel L Goldwyn, Hotel Rwanda, The Apartment, The Departed, Peter Sellers, Pulp Fiction, Burt Lancaster, Gladiator, Vera Drake, Sean Penn, Modern Times, Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago, Field of Dreams, Billy Wilder, Pollock, Al Jolson, Forrest Gump, William Powell, John Travolta, Carole Lombard, Singin' in the Rain, Taxi Driver, Cecil B. DeMille, My Fair Lady, Jack Lemmon, The Searchers, The Hours, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News

2005 -- for Best Picture, give me Capote over Crash any ol' time. Another uninspiring year, I thought.

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Michael Phelps In Good Company

Keith Thomson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Marijuana, Michael Phelps, Kellogg, Harrison Ford, Athletes, George Soros, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Johnny Carson, Sarah Palin, William F Buckley, Beatles, Laura Bush, Brad Pitt, George Pataki, John Kennedy, Johnny Depp, Bing Crosby, Madonna, Peggy Noonan, Picasso, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates, Stephen King, Barbra Streisand, Thomas Jefferson, John Wayne, Barack Obama, James Monroe, Mozart, Louisa May Alcott, Oliver Sacks, Jennifer Aniston, Shakespeare, Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Bong, Phelps Bong, Michael Phelps Smoking, Michael Phelps Pot, Michael Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Bong Photo, Michael Phelps Smoking a Bong, Phelps Pot, Michael Phelps Smoking Pot, Green News

According to a 2002 Time/CNN poll, 47% of Americans have smoked marijuana. Here's a list of famous users and advocates of the plant.

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Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino: Who Knew He Could Act? Like John Wayne in True Grit, it May Lead to an Oscar

Michael Russnow | Posted 12.27.2008 | Entertainment

John Wayne found True Grit towards the end of his career and now Clint Eastwood has done the same with an unforgettable performance in Gran Torino.

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P.O.W., It's the New Teflon

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Amato, Ben Smith, Steve Benen, Maureen Dowd, John McCain, Ana Marie Cox, Howard Fineman, John Kerry, Pow, Safety, Charlton Heston, Rambo, Vietnam, Security, John Wayne, Politics News

McCain has been tweaking his P.O.W. story, with some variation, for many years. For Democrats, critiquing its overuse is too little, too late.

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Obama Bayh Does Not Look Good On Bumper Stickers

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Bye, Marilyn Monroe, Vice President, Evan Bayh, Kirk Douglas, Decision 2008, Joan Crawford, Election Day, Mgm, John Wayne, Barack Obama, Renaming Bayh, Politics News

MGM held a movie magazine contest to rename their "next big thing." The winning entry: Joan Crawford. I hope Obama keeps this in mind before he considers putting "Obama Bayh" on bumper stickers.

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