This film is only available in North America and the UK because of territorial licensing. It was one of 640 million closed groups on Facebook. Hiding behind anonymity, the creator of child pornography group Loli Candy and its 7,000 members hid their activities on Facebook and Whatsapp—the dissemination of horrifying images of abuse. …
The Candyman | The Dark Web Ep1 | Documentary
February 14, 2023
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and the Art of Conversation
The word “conversation” is on a lot of lips today. In many cases, though—as when one is invited to “have a conversation” about some facet of identity politics—the underlying meaning is more along the lines of, “Listen, and then accept our radical narrative without question.” Far from representing an exchange of ideas, such doublespeak has…
Film Review: ‘Your Place or Mine’: How About Neither?
PG-13 | 1h 49min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 10 February 2023 (USA) There are three things you can expect from Hollywood year-in and year-out: Overblown action flicks in the summer; pensive, often depressing, awards-seeking dramas in the fall; and fluffy, lightweight, romantic productions on Valentine’s Day. This year, there are three: “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” “Somebody I Used to Know,” and…
Golden Era Films: ‘The Little Princess’: Shirley Temple’s Final Hit as a Child Star
U | 1 h 33 min | Drama | 1939 Walter Lang’s family drama, bordering on a fairy tale, is set in 1899 England, when senior military officers were considered part of the aristocracy, just shy of royalty. When widower Capt. Crewe (Ian Hunter) is called to duty in the Second Boer War, he is…
Has the West Run Out of Statesmen?
Daniel J. Mahoney has known a few statesmen and a host of politicians during his decades in and around the politics of the West. He points out there’s a difference between the two, and there’s also the tyrant who tends to separate himself or herself from the two despite originating in the same circles. The…
Marvelous Adventure Story Recounts Forgotten 1919 Transcontinental Air Race
February 14, 2023
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In 1903, America led the world in aviation. By 1919, its aviation industry was lagging behind other nations. Europe was beginning commercial airlines, but in the much larger United States, aviation seemed limited to aerial entertainment. Americans appeared to be losing interest in aviation. “The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American…
With a Pistol and Radio, the Comanche Code Talkers Were Vital to WWII
The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was a “day that will live in infamy,” as proclaimed by President Franklin Roosevelt. It marked the entry of America into the Second World War, and every American citizen was affected in some way. Even America’s most isolated minority, the Native Americans, was thrust into the…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Sounder’: Hope Amid Despair
G | 1 h 45 min | Drama, Comedy | 1972 Set in Depression-hit Louisiana, director Martin Ritt’s film is about an impoverished black family, the Morgans: Nathan (Paul Winfield); Rebecca (Cicely Tyson); their eldest son who goes to school, David (Kevin Hooks in his debut); their younger children, Earl and Josie, and their beloved…
The Raggedy Boys’ Bard: Horatio Alger and the American Dream
February 13, 2023
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For 50 years, his name was a household word. Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899) was the creator and chief proponent of the “rags to riches” story. Once his writing career took off, he put out over a hundred novels, most of them aimed at adolescents. They were tales of street urchins and poor young men who…
The Power of Our Inner Righteousness: Satan Concedes to Heaven’s Might
Evil things are frightening to many of us unless we are experiencing them from a distance. Sometimes it can be difficult to have the confidence to turn toward and confront evil. How might we truly identify evil and confront it with confidence? Deceptive Satan Inspires Discord In the last article of this series, we followed…
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