No one likes government regulation. No, sir. It's bureaucrats getting in the way of productivity. When leaders kill burdensome regulations, the people cheer. Except there's this thing that people like even less than regulation...

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JIM LEHRER 1934 – 2020 By David Hinckley

Jim Lehrer got to be the kind of journalist we all should want, and most of us say we want, and many of us really don't want...

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THE NEXT SEASON OF NETFLIX'S SUPERNATURAL 'CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA' IS AS DARK AS IT IS DELIGHTFUL By David Hinckley

If Chilling Adventures of Sabrina were a bottle of wine, it might be described as ritualistic, but oddly charming...

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'OUTMATCHED' ISN'T ALL THAT OUTSTANDING By David Hinckley

A sitcom in which the kids are smarter than the parents is the TV version of "dog bites man." Nothing to see here, folks. Move along...

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PBS' 'SECRETS OF THE DEAD' ASKS IF THE ALLIES SHOULD HAVE OPTED FOR 'BOMBING AUSCHWITZ' By David Hinckley

The PBS series Secrets of the Dead, to be honest, sometimes feels a little too commercial. This week, however, it’s right on target with a show that asks and calmly explores one of the toughest moral questions of humanity’s last century...

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'AVENUE 5' IS A GREAT COMEDY ESCAPE ON A SPACE CRUISE By David Hinckley

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THE LATEST CRIME THRILLER ON PBS, 'VIENNA BLOOD,' IS WORTH EXPLORING By David Hinckley

PBS has made a good call to pick up Vienna Blood, a British-Austria police drama that premieres Sunday at 10 p.m. ET...

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THOUGH THE PLANET IS IN TROUBLE, 'SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET' REMINDS US IT'S STILL FASCINATING AND BEAUTIFUL By David Hinckley

BBC America's latest splendid nature series reminds us again that Earth changes constantly and rapidly. That sounds like a platitude. Seven Worlds, One Planet politely reminds us it's more like a warning...

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'LITTLE AMERICA' BRINGS TOUCHING IMMIGRANT STORIES TO APPLE PLUS By David Hinckley

It's unfair to judge a television show against its source material. It's hard not to do that with Little America, an eight-episode docudrama series that launches Friday on Apple+...

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