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MILLER: If God is love, don’t be a jerk
The first time I heard the phrase “Dear John letter,” I was a freshman at Wake Forest being coached by a sophomore on the proper way to write a breakup letter to my high school […]
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MILLER: Less than words can say
If you were a fan of Johnny Carson’s talk show, you might remember that English professor Richard Mitchell was an unlikely but always witty guest. Mitchell had charmed wordsmiths nationwide by writing “The Underground Grammarian,” […]
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MILLER: How not to do it
Senate leaders for the Department of Government Efficiency have just invented a game taxpayers can play. Members of the DOGE caucus will release an NCAA-style bracket featuring 16 “seeds” of government waste, and we taxpayers […]
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MILLER: The cool kids’ table
A funny thing happened on their way to vote in the 2024 election. A record number of Gen Zers — 46% — bolted the Democratic Party and voted for Donald Trump. Pundits left and right […]
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MILLER: Bet on the horses
Fans of the old “The Far Side” cartoons might remember the one that captures exactly what the American people were thinking on Nov. 5. Picture a trio of “king’s men” standing helpless over a shattered […]
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MILLER: No more ‘curbing your enthusiasm’
Larry David is the only comedian who can make Trump derangement syndrome funny. In a 2020 episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the anti-Trump, anti-social David dons a MAGA hat in a Beverly Hills restaurant, knowing […]
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MILLER: He shines and stinks
Donald Trump’s promise that, if reelected president, he’ll be a dictator on day one of his second term has me wishing I could be dictator for a day — now — because I know exactly […]
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MILLER: The Devil wore Pravda
You read that headline right. The devil that concerns me here is not Anna Wintour, the Prada-clad czarina of the fashion industry. Rather, it’s Joseph Stalin, who used the Soviet mouthpiece Pravda to make antisemitism […]
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MILLER: The scarecrow that affrights our children
October was a pivotal month for Harvard University. Not only did Harvard out itself as a redoubt for radicals, its Department of Education documented a mental health crisis among young adults, ages 18-25. In a […]
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MILLER: They kill us for their sport
Watching clips of college students celebrating Hamas’s savagery, I always remember a scene from Godfather II where Sonny Corleone asks brother Michael: “Whatcha go to college? To get stupid? You’re really stupid!” Replace “stupid” with […]