By Dr. Ted Baehr, Publisher of MOVIEGUIDE®
A few years ago, when I spoke at a family conference in Amsterdam, there was a panel of politicians from across the political spectrum of the Netherlands. Only one of them made any sense. He pointed out that the problem in Holland is that 50% of the people were involved in government directly, in state controlled industries and on welfare or some government dole, and so had lost their perspective. He asked the provocative question, “How do we help them to understand common sense?” A deeper question is,
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Here’s a disturbing bit of news:
“Palestinian” Muslim terrorist Samir Kuntar, who bashed in the skull of a 4-year-old Jewish girl in Israel on a terrorist raid in 1979, is being toasted and feted across the Arab/Muslim world.
He was recently the honored guest of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad at the presidential palace in Damascus.
Kuntar was released in 2008 as part of a prisoner swap between Israel and the Arab/Muslim terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon. Ever since, he has been a guest of many Arab/Muslim heads of state.
- Source: Christian News Today, 12/29/10.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York has overturned the Federal Communications Commission’s $1.4 million fine against ABC and its show NYPD BLUE for a 2003 nude scene involving actress Charlotte Ross.

The court said the FCC’s “indecency policy” is constitutionally vague and violates First Amendment “rights.”
Of course, pornography, including public nudity and “softcore” pornography, were never meant to come under the protection of the First Amendment, no matter what anyone, including an activist judge, rules.
- Source: The Wrap, 01/04/11.
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02/03-06/11 Palm Beach, FL
02/18/2011 Movieguide Awards, Los Angeles
02/26-03/01/11 Nashville, TN
03/24-28/11 Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
04/7/11 Jackson, MS
05/19-21/11 Mclean, VA
07/9-11/11 Las Vegas, NV
07/30/11 Washington DC
08/10-13/11 Philadelphia
09/29-10/1/2011 San Francisco, CA
Every weekday many radio networks and stations broadcast the two-minute MOVIEGUIDE® movie review radio program and many others broadcast the biweekly five-minute radio program, both hosted by Dr. Ted Baehr.

Every week many television networks broadcast the weekly 2 minute MOVIEGUIDE® TV programs.
02/03-06/11 Palm Beach, FL
02/16-19/2011 Movieguide Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala & Report to the Entertainment Industry, Los Angeles
02/26-03/01/11 Nashville, TN
03/24-28/11 Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
05/19-21/11 Mclean, VA
07/30/11 Washington DC
09/29-10/1/2011 San Francisco, CA