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"The Dirty Dozen"

Gregory Kane’s top macho flicks: How do yours match up?

Gregory Kane · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

"The Green Mile" soars to the level of the spiritual, with the late Michael Clarke Duncan superbly portraying an unjustly convicted death-row inmate whose healing powers astound, confound and bewilder the corrections officers who will soon be pulling the plug on his life. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Films to watch when you’re in pain

Gregory Kane · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. (AP/File)

Martin Luther King Jr. deserves respect

Gregory Kane · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

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Things that shouldn’t be on television

Gregory Kane · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

This March 12, 1972 file photo shows poet and social activist Amiri Baraka speaking during the Black Political Convention in Gary, Ind. (AP/Julian C. Wilson)

Amiri Baraka represented the worst of today’s Left

Gregory Kane · January 12, 2014 5:00 am

President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Jan. 8, 1964. Speaking in the House of Representatives, the chief executive said on eof his aims was "unconditional war on poverty in America." (AP Photo)

‘War on Poverty’ turned poor folks into victims

Gregory Kane · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

A line waits outside the Cannabis Club on Main Street in downtown Breckenridge, Colo., for an 8 a.m. opening of the store on Jan. 1. (AP/Denver Post)

The ‘War on Drugs’ isn’t worth the collateral damage

Gregory Kane · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

The 2013 Chutzpah awards

Gregory Kane · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

This undated image released by A&E shows Phil Robertson from the popular series "DuckÃÂ Dynasty." Robertson was suspended for disparaging comments he made to GQ magazine about gay people but was reinstated by the network on Dec. 27. (AP/A&E)

Follow the money to get to the bottom of the ‘Duck Dynasty’ saga

Gregory Kane · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

The day left me pondering exactly what my favorite Christmas things are. (Photo: Thinkstock)

How I spent my Christmas

Gregory Kane · December 25, 2013 5:00 am

Howell Henderson of Joplin, Mo., poses for a picture outside the Duck Commander store in West Monroe, La. Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. The town is the setting for the popular "Duck Dynasty"series, where show patriarch, Phil Robertson, was suspended last week for disparaging comments he made to GQ magazine about gay people. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

The ‘new McCarthyism’ snags ‘Duck Dynasty’ star

Gregory Kane · December 22, 2013 5:00 am

Slate blogger Aisha Harris recently proposed changing our image of Santa Claus from a white man to a penguin. (Thinkstock)

There are worse things than not having a black Santa Claus

Gregory Kane · December 18, 2013 5:00 am