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The Hidden Costs of Ridicule: Chevy Chase and SNL

by Richard Gunderman, IUPUI For about a decade beginning in 1965, NBC late night weekend programming consisted of Best of Carson reruns.  Then in 1974, Johnny Carson announced that he wished to stop using The Tonight Show on weekends, instead airing them on weeknights and allowing him to take more time off.  Network executive Dick …

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The U.S. Constitution and Gerald R. Ford’s Virtues

Dr. John C. Pinheiro, Director of Research, Acton Institute One of the best presidential ranking polls is conducted from time to time by the Wall Street Journal, which strategically interviews a relatively small but ideologically balanced group of scholars.  Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Franklin Roosevelt always appear in the top five.  The bottom five …

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Political Virtue and Vice: Gerald Ford and Vladimir Putin

by Richard B Gunderman, IUPUI It is difficult to think of two world leaders more widely divergent from one another.  Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, is admired today for his lifelong commitment to decency, honesty, and integrity.  Vladimir Putin, the incumbent second President of Russia, is equally reviled for his vindictiveness, …

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Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and Two Notions of the Good Life

by Jason Peters Ernest Hemingway wrote “Hills Like White Elephants” while on his honeymoon with his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, a somewhat boyish looking woman (in the style of the day) and a Catholic, though not a very good one. By this time (1927) Hemingway was also a Catholic—and also not a very good one. …

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America’s Other Constitution: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787– A Birthday Appreciation

by Gleaves Whitney Today, July 13, we celebrate the 236th anniversary of the enactment of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Remarkably, one group of America’s founders was crafting the Northwest Ordinance in New York City as another group was debating the Constitution in Philadelphia. When else in world history were two great state papers produced …

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