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How and Why TNT’s “Dallas” Failed
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Jack Kerwick
Word broke last month that Dallas—TNT’s contemporary version of the spectacularly successful 80’s series—has been cancelled after three seasons. The “Save Dallas” campaign designed to relocate the show to another network bore no fruit. To long-time fans like yours truly, this news is disappointing—even if not altogether unsurprising. For starters, though it was off to…
Two Things to Think About This Thanksgiving Day
By
Jack Kerwick
With the exception of the usual suspects on the hard left, most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Like Independence Day, Thanksgiving is a quintessential American holiday. Thanksgiving Day is a golden opportunity for celebrants to accomplish a couple of things. First, we should bear in mind that in the absence of a lively religious sensibility, the…
Neocon Leftists, “American Exceptionalism,” and Immigration
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Jack Kerwick
Paul Greenberg’s last article proves what many of us have long known: neoconservatives are leftists by another name. Greenberg waxes orgasmic over President Obama’s decision to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. However, like every other champion of amnesty, he unequivocally denies both that he favors amnesty and that Obama has granted any such…
Against “Saving People From Themselves”: Thomas Szasz vs. the Drug Prohibitionists
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Jack Kerwick
Few things are as effective in eliciting the ire of neoconservative Republicans as is talk of decriminalizing recreational drug use. Given that the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of personal responsibility and “limited government,” this is indeed a tragic commentary on the times. Well over 40 years ago, the psychoanalyst Thomas Szasz…
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