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Was Jared Kushner Loyal to Trump?
Pundits on the right such as Ann Coulter have viewed Jared Kushner as a malign force in the Trump presidency, one that subverted the original mission statement of his campaign.
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Kushner Inc: The Trump Campaign
When Ward uses charged terms such as “greed” and “corruption”, she brings the goods.
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Kushner Inc: Charlie Kushner’s Empire
Jared and Ivanka do share one thing in common: They have a powerful father whom they hope to please, and to whom they give unflagging loyalty.
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Film Review: Trees of Peace
It’s a low-budget film that might test the attention span of viewers who are not already disposed to be interested in the topic of the Rwandan genocide.
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Jake Barnes and Robert Cohn’s Friendship in The Sun Also Rises
The antisemitism was always apparent to literary critics, though in earlier times they were perhaps not so preoccupied with this element of The Sun Also Rises.
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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: An Eccentric Heroine
Eleanor is at once an elitist and also an outcast, which places her somewhere near Ignatius O’Reilly from Confederacy of Dunces.
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Is Huck Finn Racist? Part IV
All this context will fall on deaf ears for those who cannot get past the admittedly jarring use of the racial slur.
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Film Review: Some Like It Hot, Monroe Plays Herself
The film is worth a watch based solely on the jazz and swing music, and other ballads featuring Monroe’s adroit vocal stylings.
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Huck Finn’s “Problematic” Ending
Those who are disappointed in the ending of the book should maybe learn to get a sense of humor and loosen up a bit.
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Another Fallacious Gender Gap Study— About Teachers
In this study, instead of controlling for hours worked, hours worked is viewed in itself as a kind of systemic bias.
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The Dishonest “Book Banning” Debate
The fact is, our society is no longer remotely puritanical. That’s not really what the debate is about anymore.
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Book Review: Out of the Melting Pot, Into the Fire
A substantive book on multiculturalism that will hopefully find a wider audience in the center/right sphere.
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In Defense of Don Lemon
It all started with Haley’s cringeworthy campaign launch video for her futile and self-indulgent presidential campaign:
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