Twenty years ago this month, Barack Obama debuted before the Democratic National Convention with a fake life story that catapulted him to the presidency.
Author: Lloyd Billingsley (Lloyd Billingsley)
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The Mysterious Dr. Qiu and the ‘Coincidence Theory’ of COVID
A key pandemic player is back in the People’s Republic of China and still working for the People’s Liberation Army.
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Dr. Fauci Does Columbia
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Packers QB Aaron Rodgers vs. the White Coat Supremacy of Dr. Anthony Fauci
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The Fearful Cinematic Symmetry of Our Time
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Oscar Oversights
Black actors and authors are still ignored in Hollywood—including some with very revealing stories to tell.
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Clueless in Cuba
The Squad’s recent trip to Cuba shows what happens when the need for illusion is deep.
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A Black Panther Thing
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Blazing Brooks
Fifty years ago, a cry went out for a man with laughs. Mel Brooks answered the call.
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Fake News Has Always Been a Thing
In re-airing the classic Absence of Malice, Turner Classic Movies reminds us of the sort cinéma vérité about unscrupulous journalism we rarely see from a Hollywood devoted to political leftism.
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Great Fakes of 2023: Buffy, Cat, and the Composite Character
2023 was a year in which great fakery was revealed in show business, even as the fakes within America’s corridors of power continue their deceptions.
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Archie Bunker Back Stories
Carl Reiner’s son, Rob, takes part in a grand tradition on the left of demonizing normal, religious people after being advanced, personally, by powerful relationships. On the left, it’s all relative and “all in the family.”
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Great American Musical Artists in their Roaring Nineties
Great musical artists approach the coda, without the recognition they deserve. As the year closes, we’d do well to remember (or discover) their work.