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Author: Jo Ann Skousen
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Jo Ann Skousen

Jo Ann Skousen teaches literature and composition at Chapman University. She is the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, where she has selected several films that warn viewers about threats to their freedoms. The schedule can be viewed at www.anthemfilmfestival.com.
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Guns, Rum, & Loot

Jo Ann Skousen March 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Protection of personal property rights has always posed a problem: How does the owner of property persuade a non-owner to honor his right to that …

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‘Twas Beauty Killed the Beast

Jo Ann Skousen March 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Director Peter Jackson was just 9 years old when he saw Merian Cooper’s 1933 “King Kong” on television in his native New Zealand. Fascinated by …

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Do Two Wrongs Make a Right?

Jo Ann Skousen March 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Several years ago, while attending a bat mitzvah with my daughter, I noticed a large ornate altarpiece on the wall behind the pulpit. It proclaimed: …

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Play it Again

Jo Ann Skousen February 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

“Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox, 2005, 136 minutes), the recent biopic about Johnny Cash, walks a fine line between greatness and imitation. It’s a …

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Jargon Good, Oil Bad

Jo Ann Skousen February 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

“Syriana” is about big government and big business and oil deals and terrorism. It’s about spies and counter-spies and loyalty and betrayal. It’s about suicide …

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Can’t We All Just Get Along

Jo Ann Skousen September 16, 1970 December 2, 2020

“The Kingdom” is yet another political thriller set in the Middle East, deter- mined to convince audiences that we are all the same beneath our …

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