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Michael Medved (Dec 28, 2011)
Yearend announcements of box office champions and film award nominees combine to illuminate dark, persistent mysteries about the motivations of moviemakers. In the process,... more
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Michael Medved (Dec 21, 2011)
A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.
With many (if not most) GOP voters harboring a “none-of-the-above” attitude toward the current crop of... more
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Michael Medved (Dec 14, 2011)
What sort of fool or fantasist would ever suggest that “Republicans need a centrist candidate in 2012?”
I certainly reject the notion of a “centrist candidate” though some... more
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Michael Medved (Dec 07, 2011)
A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.
Encouraged by near universal disgust with both Republicans and Democrats, prominent activists hope to... more
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Michael Medved (Nov 30, 2011)
Conservative resistance to Mitt Romney’s nomination increasingly emphasizes electability as much as ideology, concentrating on his perceived weaknesses as a candidate along... more
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Michael Medved (Nov 23, 2011)
If demography is destiny, the Democratic Party could be facing big trouble. A growing contrast between the two major parties centers more and more on stark differences in... more
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Michael Medved (Nov 16, 2011)
A version of this column appeared originally on THE DAILY BEAST.
Why do so many prominent pundits and politicos on the right who embraced Mitt Romney as their champion in... more
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Michael Medved (Nov 09, 2011)
Editor's Note: A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.
When the nation’s most prestigious newspaper runs a misleading headline proclaiming “IT’S... more
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Michael Medved (Nov 02, 2011)
A version of this column appeared originally on THE DAILY BEAST.
With Rick Perry suddenly pushing a flat tax and Herman Cain substantively revising his popular 9-9-9... more
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Michael Medved (Oct 26, 2011)
A ghost from 1968 haunts the campaign of Mitt Romney-- and no it’s not the memory of his father, the late Michigan governor George Romney, who stumbled as a leading GOP... more
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Michael Medved (Oct 19, 2011)
Editor's note: A version of this column appeared originally on THE DAILY BEAST.
Optimistic Republicans like to view the upcoming presidential race as an echo of... more
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Michael Medved (Oct 12, 2011)
Considered in isolation, payroll tax cuts in the jobs bill look like a crass political stunt: reducing revenues
by $240 billion next year and then magically disappearing... more
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Michael Medved (Oct 05, 2011)
Editor's Note: A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.
No, the president’s “Rosh Hashanah Message” doesn’t count as one of the most significant... more
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Michael Medved (Sep 28, 2011)
Aside from their occasional entertainment value, GOP presidential debates serve to answer one crucial question above all: which of the candidates would do the best job in... more
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Michael Medved (Sep 21, 2011)
A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.
With gridlocked Washington unable to choose between the two great economists Keynes and Hayek, some... more
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Michael Medved (Sep 14, 2011)
A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.
Do proposed cuts in federal programs threaten to deny the downtrodden any chance for “a meaningful and... more
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Michael Medved (Sep 07, 2011)
Do religious conservatives operate far outside the American mainstream and represent a serious threat to our pluralistic democracy?
Bill Keller, outgoing editor of the New... more
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Michael Medved (Aug 31, 2011)
Conservatives yearn for a big, clarifying electoral victory in November of 2012, but they’re already winning decisively whenever Americans vote with their feet--or... more
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Michael Medved (Aug 24, 2011)
A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.
After President Obama's faltering, uncertain performance in the debt-ceiling crisis, and with polling... more
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Michael Medved (Aug 17, 2011)
It’s probably a good thing that coverage of the Iowa Straw Poll and Rick Perry’s announcement of candidacy upstaged the discussion about the televised GOP... more
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Michael Medved (Aug 10, 2011)
Beyond the dueling sound bites and apocalyptic rhetoric of Washington’s increasingly desperate battle of the budget, President Obama enjoys an automatic advantage with his... more
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Michael Medved (Aug 03, 2011)
Now that our elected leaders have finally found a way to avert the Great Debt-Ceiling Disaster with an imperfect settlement that generally advances the conservative... more
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Michael Medved (Jul 27, 2011)
Thanks to California's newly-enacted "Gay History" law, William Rufus Devane King will finally receive the comprehensive classroom attention that previous generations of... more
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Michael Medved (Jul 20, 2011)
Senator Mitch McConnell’s original suggestion for solving the nation’s debt ceiling dilemma outraged many of his fellow conservatives and would, if enacted in its initial... more
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Michael Medved (Jul 13, 2011)
Sarah Palin doesn’t deserve the ridicule she receives from the mainstream media, nor does she merit the adulation she inspires from her legions of fans. The over-reaction on... more
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Michael Medved (Jul 06, 2011)
According to the conventional wisdom peddled by the major media, Jon Huntsman’s emphasis on civility in his nascent presidential campaign counts as admirable but... more
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Michael Medved (Jun 29, 2011)
As a fateful presidential race gradually takes shape, political junkies will feel both bemused and mystified by the persistence of marginal candidates who have no chance... more
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Michael Medved (Jun 22, 2011)
Educators who worry about the persistent achievement gap between white and minority youngsters ought to pay more attention to a disastrous development hidden in plain sight:... more
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Michael Medved (Jun 15, 2011)
The headline for the big GOP debate should read “ROMNEY SOLIDIFIES HIS STATUS AS FRONTRUNNER” but the appropriate sub-head may prove even more significant in the long run:... more
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Michael Medved (Jun 08, 2011)
When a journalist makes a concerted attempt to edit provocative comments out of the public record, it’s usually an indication that the remarks in question count as... more
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Michael Medved (May 25, 2011)
How would you describe a perennial presidential candidate who insists in a televised debate that government has no more right to interfere with prostitution or heroin than... more
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Michael Medved (May 18, 2011)
As conservatives suffer endless repetitions of the solemn, soggy Democratic mantra of “shared sacrifice,” they need to resist the powerful temptation to snarl back, “I’m... more
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Michael Medved (May 11, 2011)
The most intriguing question raised by the first presidential debate in Greenville, S.C. involves the way Republicans will characterize the surprising showing of Herman... more
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Michael Medved (May 04, 2011)
In Barack Obama’s ongoing battle to raise taxes on “the rich” (a struggle he pursues with comparable focus and ferocity to his recently celebrated... more
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Michael Medved (Apr 19, 2011)
This column was written by Diane Medved.
In most religiously observant Jewish homes this time of year, the mood is frantic. At the deadline--this year on Monday morning,... more
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Michael Medved (Apr 12, 2011)
Those who insist that Planned Parenthood deserves its sacred claim on federal support ought to consult Chinese demographers about the long-term impact of governmental... more
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Michael Medved (Apr 05, 2011)
An indignant Democrat of my acquaintance accuses conservatives of hypocrisy when they criticize President Obama for acting with caution and restraint in response to crisis.... more
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Michael Medved (Mar 23, 2011)
Liberal commentators blame the Bush tax cuts, not runaway spending, for the budget crisis.
They insist that slashing rates on income taxes, which means smaller... more
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Michael Medved (Mar 16, 2011)
Distorted media coverage of the recent terrorist assault on the Israeli community of Itamar compounded the pain of an unspeakably brutal crime.
On Friday night shortly... more
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Michael Medved (Mar 09, 2011)
As they prepare to make a serious case for his replacement in 2012, Barack Obama’s conservative critics need to decide: is the president radical – or more of the same?At the... more
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Michael Medved (Mar 02, 2011)
Some conservative commentators spent their Presidents’ Day holiday ruminating over Barack Obama’s evil intentions, or denouncing the chief executive as an alien interloper... more
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Michael Medved (Feb 23, 2011)
It’s much too early to identify clear winners in the political turmoil in Egypt but it’s already easy to spot an obvious loser: the stumbling Obama administration must now... more
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Michael Medved (Feb 16, 2011)
Neither President Obama nor his conservative critics can provide a convincing response to the one question about the Egyptian crisis which the public most fervently wants... more
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Michael Medved (Feb 09, 2011)
With America's chief Arab ally teetering on the brink of chaos and collapse, with unemployment stubbornly stuck above 9 percent, with an entire economic system facing... more
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Michael Medved (Feb 02, 2011)
The ongoing turbulence in Egypt transmits two profound and disturbing lessons to American policy makers and all those who care about international affairs.
1) No Amount of... more
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Michael Medved (Jan 26, 2011)
When the president gestures toward the political center and calls for more civility in public discourse, should his Republican opponents respond by questioning his... more
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Michael Medved (Jan 19, 2011)
The debate between left and right on contributing factors in the Tucson shootings has unfolded along utterly predictable and thoroughly unenlightening lines.
Liberals... more
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Michael Medved (Jan 12, 2011)
It’s healthy, even natural, for Americans to feel populist resentment against elites that base their status on inherited wealth and family connections. But it’s toxic,... more