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the history of hollywood that the top ten best-selling movies at the box office for only remakes, sequels or based on old comic book characters. we are living on the fumes of passed versions of us. theres a dearth of originality. not just hollywood. turn on the tv, never thought i would see hawaii and 50 in prime-time. listen to the radio. biggest song of last year. great song by this woman a dell. first time i heard it i thought why didnt i hear this song from the 1960s? new song. it ...

intellectuals were just as important to popular cultures as entertainers. this gist over an hour. >> good evening. my names patrick daneen and its a great pleasure to have with is tonight daniel j. flynn, the author of an extremely provocative, interesting, and timely look, called blue collar intellectuals. its timely, certainly given the current political climate in recent days every op-ed piece in the washington post was devoted in one way or another to comments made over the weekend...

host: the vote was made and it will keep the government open. 14 did not vote. the it cuts $78.5 billion from the budget and keeps the government operating through the end of september. house republicans will ned to file a formal bill by monday night to give the retired -- required 72 hours before it comes to a vote that. is likely to occur thursday. during this first hour of "washington journal" we will look at details of the deal and take your calls and tweets on the matter. here is ...

before we get our main event, i did just want to make it know. i wanted to congratulate mario vargas llosa of winning the nobel prize for literature. [applause] aside from the obvious merits of this pic, the the war of the end of the world is what my fear this is important to the astute for two reasons. first of all, mario has a deep understanding of the foundations of a free society. he is a classical liberal and a true scholar of what makes civil society possible. in addition, mario ...

articles, lectures and room nations titled reappraising the right, the past and future of american conservativism. like the earlier work, reappraising the right is essential work for the conservative. on the very last page, dr. nash urges conservatives to break out of their comfortable cocoons, stop spending so much time talking to each other and communicate, and communicate. their ideas and their visions of a free, virtuous and safe society in language that connect cans not only with ...