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Minding the Authenticity Gap
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Minding the Authenticity Gap

Hillary Clinton’s “gaffe” in losing her temper and behaving like an unscripted human being during the Epstein deposition inadvertently contained a lesson for our political class.

Good Riddance to Kathleen Kennedy
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Good Riddance to Kathleen Kennedy

The Hollywood producer’s departure from Lucasfilm is welcome news, but it will not be enough to save the Star Wars franchise from the woke side of the force.

K-Pop Redemption
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K-Pop Redemption

A new animated feature on Netflix offers a rare and surprisingly good message to kids about human agency and the choice between good and evil.

Rental Americanism
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Rental Americanism

The flaw in the new film 'Rental Family' is its imposition on Japan of America’s worst cultural export: self-hatred.

Yesterday’s Totalitarian
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Yesterday’s Totalitarian

Stephen King’s The Long Walk is a fantastical exploration of an old moral universe where totalitarianism presents itself without complications or nuance and thus leaves us unprepared to confront evil as it actually exists.

Sweeney Bod
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Sweeney Bod

The left’s unhinged and entirely predictable meltdown over the Sydney Sweeney blue jeans ad is, in fact, an expression of their dismay at realizing their days of bullying the beautiful are over.

Epstein Wide Shut
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Epstein Wide Shut

We are not equipped to understand the perverse depths of elite power. Morbid speculation on the unknowable will only lead to self-defeat.