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43-989: Neal Gabler (born 1950) is an American journalist, writer and film critic. Gabler graduated from Lane Tech High School in Chicago, Illinois, class of 1967, and was inducted into the National Honor Society. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan and holds advanced degrees in both film and American culture. Gabler has contributed to numerous publications including The New York Times , The Los Angeles Times , Esquire , New York Magazine , Vogue , American Heritage , The New Republic , Us , and Playboy . He has appeared on many television programs, including The Today Show , CBS Morning News , The News Hour , Entertainment Tonight , Charlie Rose , and Good Morning America . He hosted Sneak Previews for PBS , and introduced films on

86-561: A cult classic . In 1984, Medved joined Sneak Previews , the weekly movie review show originated by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert , co-hosting it for 12 years with Jeffrey Lyons . In 1993, Medved became chief film critic for the New York Post , a position he held for five years, during which he reviewed more than 700 movies for the paper. Afterward, Medved played a prominent role in some movie-related controversies. He became an outspoken defender of Mel Gibson 's film, The Passion of

129-411: A plot spoiler . Medved said that the inclusion of this theme in the film was "deeply misleading" because it was marketed as a Rocky - esque tale of a plucky female underdog in the boxing arena. He said he carefully avoided revealing the final turn in the plot, but felt honor-bound to inform his listeners and readers about the movie's content and point of view. Ebert criticized Medved, saying he "has for

172-1001: A "new format" at the same time (3–6   p.m. Eastern Time ). His show continues in that time slot on fewer stations, but as of 2022, Medved remains in the Talkers Heavy Hundred, at position 92. Medved describes the show as "Your Daily Dose of Debate", often focused on listeners who call in to debate issues with the host. Guests have included those who are generally considered left-of-center, including Noam Chomsky , Michael Moore , John Shelby Spong , Oliver Stone , Warren Beatty , Ralph Nader , Barbara Boxer , Al Gore , Madeleine Albright , Ben Cohen , George Galloway , Thom Hartmann , Naomi Wolf , and Al Franken . Guests who are generally considered right-of-center include Robert Spencer , Condoleezza Rice , and Dinesh D'Souza . Medved describes himself as "your cultural crusader on politics and pop culture" and common themes on his show include current events, politics, American history and

215-581: A 1965 cover story in Time , the book became a bestseller in 1976. The book also became the basis for a weekly television series on NBC that ran for 13 weeks in 1978. As a result of some screenwriting work for feature film projects and television miniseries, Medved joined the Writers Guild of America . Medved wrote The Shadow Presidents: The Secret History of the Chief Executives and Their Top Aides (1979),

258-600: A Jewish home, his family's origin is German and Ukrainian . The surname Medved means "bear" in many Slavic languages . Medved was raised in San Diego, California , where his father worked as a defense contractor for Convair and NASA . After the family moved to Los Angeles, California , he attended Palisades High School . Medved entered Yale University as a 16-year-old undergraduate. He received his B.A. with honors in 1969, and later attended Yale Law School , though he did not finish his J.D. degree. Medved volunteered for

301-747: A Medical Center Staff , which was discussed in Time , on ABC's Nightline , and Good Morning America . The book focused on 30 staff people who worked together in a California teaching hospital. In collaboration with his brother, Harry Medved, he wrote four satirical books about movies: The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (1979), The Golden Turkey Awards (1980), The Hollywood Hall of Shame (1984) and Son of Golden Turkey Awards (1986). In November 2008, Medved released his eleventh nonfiction book, The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation . The follow-up volume, The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against

344-453: A campaign to recruit more African Americans and Hispanics to the police departments of San Francisco , Oakland and Berkeley . After writing more than 40 articles for the book The People's Almanac , Medved wrote What Really Happened to the Class of '65? , with David Wallechinsky . Focusing on the post-graduation lives of 30 of Medved's Palisades High School classmates who were featured in

387-607: A class in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC). The program sponsors the Proctors Club, Color Guard , Honor Guard , Drill Platoon, Drum & Bugle Corps, and Raiders of Lane. As of 2018, Lane has a 94% graduation rate. As of 2018, 94% of Lane students take at least one AP class throughout their time at Lane. Lane offers courses in Aquaponics and is the only Chicago Public School to do so. Lane Tech has

430-456: A long time been a political commentator, not a movie critic." While focusing on the theme of Hollywood vs. America , radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh interviewed Medved and then asked him to guest-host his talk show. In 1996 Medved was offered his own local show on a major Seattle radio station. In his 2005 autobiographical book Right Turns: From Liberal Activist to Conservative Champion in 35 Unconventional Lessons , Medved says he welcomed

473-566: A study of the leading White House assistants since the establishment of the presidential staff in 1857. The book included interviews with the chiefs of staff of presidents Truman , Eisenhower , Kennedy , Johnson , Nixon , and Ford . After the interviews, Medved continued his involvement in politics, befriending Ford's chief of staff, Dick Cheney , affiliating himself with the Republican Party , and campaigning for Ronald Reagan in 1980. In 1984, Medved wrote Hospital: The Hidden Lives of

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516-527: A test and pass a certain benchmark in order to be offered admission. Lane is one of eleven selective enrollment schools in Chicago. It is a diverse school with many of its students coming from different ethnicities and economic backgrounds. In 2019, Lane Tech was rated the 3rd best public high school in Illinois and 69th in the nation. The school is named after Albert G. Lane , a former principal and superintendent of Chicago Public Schools from 1891 until 1898. It

559-565: Is a public four-year selective enrollment magnet high school located in the Roscoe Village neighborhood on the north side of Chicago , Illinois , United States. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. Lane is one of the oldest schools in the city and has an enrollment of over four thousand students, making it the largest high school in Chicago. Lane is a selective-enrollment-based school in which students must take

602-580: Is outreach to unaffiliated and disconnected Jews. In his book Right Turns: Unconventional Lessons from a Controversial Life , he states that his commitment to religion led to his conservative political outlook. He is a baal teshuva (returnee to Orthodox Judaism). In November 2007, Medved became a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute , hub of the intelligent design movement . On January 30, 2015, Medved announced during his live radio broadcast that he would take an indefinite leave of absence from

645-511: The Detroit Free Press at the time. Gabler left Sneak Previews in 1985 citing differences with the direction of the show. He was replaced by Michael Medved , who had had occasional appearances on Sneak Previews before replacing Gabler full-time. Lane Technical College Prep High School Lane Tech College Prep High School (often shortened to Lane Tech , full name Albert Grannis Lane Technical College Preparatory High School ),

688-511: The Albert Grannis Lane Technical High School to reflect the school's expanding curriculum, but was known to all simply as "Lane Tech." In 2004, the school name was changed to Lane Technical College Prep High School to reflect a college preparatory mandate. Lane adopted a closed admission policy in 1958 on the school's 50th anniversary. All remedial classes were eliminated and only top tier students were admitted to

731-578: The Christian Right . Medved also states that the Orthodox community, which he states as less than ten percent of the American Jewish population, "gives nearly as disproportionate support to Republicans as their Reform, Conservative, and secular Jewish neighbors give to Democrats " and argues that this is because "The Orthodox feel no instinctive horror at political alliances with others who make faith

774-588: The University of Michigan and at Pennsylvania State University . He is currently on the writing faculty at Stony Brook Southampton , and has been a Senior Fellow at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center . As of September 2011, Gabler is a Research Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for the Press, Public Policy and Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. An excerpt from Life

817-763: The Vietnam War . The Memorial Garden was rededicated in 1995. During the school's 90th anniversary celebration in 1998, a commemorative plaque was placed near the "Shooting the Stars" statue. It explains the significance of the Memorial Garden to Lane Tech and its students. Honor level courses are offered to qualified students. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available in English , history , math , science , art , music , computer science , and world languages . Students can also replace their normal physical education classes with

860-516: The 'peculiar institution' featured kind-hearted, paternalistic masters and happy, dancing field-hands, any more than it's true that America displayed unparalleled barbarity or enjoyed disproportionate benefit from kidnapping and exploiting innocent Africans." He has argued that voters in the American Jewish community do not necessarily embrace candidates based on their support for the state of Israel as much as they passionately oppose candidates based on their identification with Christianity, especially

903-460: The 1968 presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy , and was present at his assassination . After his first year of law school, Medved left to work as a head speechwriter for diplomat Joseph Duffey in his unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate, and then for four years as a speechwriter and political consultant . After political campaign work, including a position as an aide to Congressman Ron Dellums , Medved worked in advertising, and coordinated

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946-522: The 1992 book Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values , a condemnation of violence in cinema. Medved reportedly rearranged his schedule in 1993 "so he can devote time to a run for Congress." In October 2007, Medved drew fire from critics after publishing a controversial column regarding the history of slavery in the United States , in which he wrote, "No, it's not true that

989-708: The Christ (2004), which had been criticized as antisemitic by many prominent Jewish groups. After Gibson's DUI arrest in July 2006, Medved wrote that he felt "betrayed" by Gibson's antisemitic outburst and urged Gibson to seek "reconciliation" with the Jewish community. Some film critics, including Roger Ebert and Jim Emerson , criticized Medved for mentioning the "right to die/ assisted suicide " theme in Clint Eastwood 's Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby , viewing Medved's statements as

1032-582: The Free-Market Economy , was released in December 2009. As a film reviewer, Medved hosted a weekly spot on CNN (1980–83) and a show on British Channel 4 network, The Worst of Hollywood . His commentary centered on what he considered bad movies, particularly in "The Golden Turkey Awards". The film selected by the Medved Brothers as The Worst Film of All Time, Plan 9 from Outer Space , has become

1075-687: The Liberal Hour 1932–1975 (2020); and Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976–2009 (2022). In an interview, he remarked that "I'm a great believer both politically and aesthetically in pluralism . There ought to be movies for everybody. There ought to be movies for teenagers and there ought to be Police Academys – so long as they're well-made and I certainly won't begrudge anyone that – and there ought to be Tender Mercies and there ought to be Indiana Joneses ." Gabler

1118-603: The Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality by Gabler was used on the AP English Language exam. In 1982, Gabler paired with Jeffrey Lyons as replacement movie reviewers for the PBS show Sneak Previews . The original hosts of Sneak Previews , Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel , had left the show for contractual reasons and Gabler and Lyons went to Chicago to produce the show. He was a writer for

1161-672: The Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school. Lane offers many sports including, but not limited to baseball , basketball , bowling , cheerleading , cross-country , football , golf , ice hockey , lacrosse , soccer , softball , swimming , tennis , track , volleyball , wrestling , women's rugby , and water polo . Lane garners, on average, 7–10 city-championships per year and has won 16 state championships since 1908. Numerous Lane Tech athletes have competed beyond

1204-496: The annual Letterman versus Faculty Softball game, the annual Memorial Day assembly, and the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Pep Rally . Lane Stadium reopened September 7, 2007, with a new turf field. The stadium also features a new IHSA regulation track. At the west end of the Memorial Garden is the Ramo I. Zenkich Memorial, consisting of a flag pole and granite monument inscribed with the names of the students from Lane Tech who lost their lives in

1247-604: The cable network AMC . He is the author of seven books: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood (1989), Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity (1994), Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality (1998); Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (2006); Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power (2016); Catching the Wind: Edward Kennedy and

1290-523: The center of their lives." Medved criticized Donald Trump 's 2016 presidential campaign , taking a Never Trump stance. He continued to criticize Trump after the election. Medved is married to Diane Elvenstar Medved; the couple have three children. Diane is a convert to Orthodox Judaism. In 1991, Medved co-founded Toward Tradition in Washington state with Orthodox rabbi Daniel Lapin and lobbyist Jack Abramoff . In October 1994, it co-sponsored

1333-696: The chance to speak to a wider audience about politics and morality, which were a focus of his written commentary and books. The show broadcast from Seattle and syndicated through Salem Radio Network . His three-hour daily show was broadcast on 200 stations coast to coast and reached more than 4.75 million listeners weekly. For ten consecutive years, Talkers Magazine listed Medved as one of its "Heavy Hundred" most important American talk show hosts, and in 2011 tied for eighth place in its ranking of talk hosts by audience size. Salem Radio announced on November 8, 2018, that Sebastian Gorka would replace Medved's time slot in 2019. Medved said that his show would continue in

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1376-683: The conference "Toward a New Alliance: American Jews and Political Conservatism", with 300 attendees, featuring panelists Grover Norquist ( Americans for Tax Reform ), Ralph Reed (Christian Coalition), William Kristol (editor, The Weekly Standard ), and David Horowitz (Center for the Study of Popular Culture). Also with Lapin, Medved helped revitalize the Pacific Jewish Center , an Orthodox synagogue in Venice, California . For fifteen years, Medved served as president of PJC, which states that its mission

1419-516: The entertainment industry. He reviews four or more new movies or DVD releases per week. The program also includes a weekly "Disagreement Day", focusing on callers from around the country who wish to contest anything Medved has stated in his written articles or on the radio, and a monthly (when the moon is full) "Conspiracy Day," where callers from across the country expose what they consider the "hidden forces" behind "perplexing and painful present events." He gives historical perspective to current events on

1462-424: The first time. Due to a fear of having a drop in academic achievement, 1,500 male students protested the admission but the decision was not changed. Lane Tech is located on a 33-acre (13 ha) campus at the intersection of Addison Street and Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The campus includes: the main school building, Lane Stadium, Kerry Wood Cubs Field, a turf soccer field, and the parking lot. During

1505-588: The high school level and achieved success at the college level and beyond. In 1934 the NFL -champion Chicago Bears held their practices for the Chicago College All-Star Game at Lane Tech. Michael Medved Michael Medved was born on October 3, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , to parents Renate (née Hirsch) and David Bernard Medved . His father was a Navy veteran and scientist. Raised in

1548-421: The machine shop. Seniors were able to take electric shop which was the most advanced shop course. By the 1930s, Lane had a student population of over 7,000 boys. Since the school's building was not originally planned for such a huge student population, a new site for the school was chosen, and the building was designed by Board of Education architect John C. Christensen. On its dedication day, September 17, 1934,

1591-489: The most graduates who complete PhD's in the nation as of 2018. Lane Tech has the biggest computer science program in Chicago Public Schools, and is considered one of the best schools in computer science in the United States. Lane Tech College Prep is rated a 8 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org , a national school quality information site. GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school’s themed ratings:

1634-610: The radio show, and has recorded vignettes on major historical events and people in American history, such as the American Revolution and Abraham Lincoln . Medved writes a regular column for USA Today and is a member of the Board of Contributors for USA Today ' s Forum Page, part of the newspaper's Opinion section. He writes occasional op-ed pieces for The Wall Street Journal and blogged daily at Townhall.com . He also wrote

1677-642: The school. This coincided with the beginning of the space race between the United States and the USSR . Lane changed its educational policy to help ensure that the United States would not fall behind the Soviets in science and technology. In 1971, changes were made to the admission policy due to a drop in enrollment and lack of technical schools for girls. To solve the issue, Superintendent James Redmond recommended that girls be admitted to Lane Tech. The Chicago Board of Education concurred and girls were admitted as students for

1720-487: The spring 2007 season, Chicago city building inspectors declared Lane Stadium unsafe and condemned the eastern half of the stadium. The age of the stadium and the fact it was built on landfill raised concerns that using the stadium to full capacity would cause a structural collapse. Events affected were the 2007–2014 graduating class ceremonies (moved to the UIC Pavilion located at the University of Illinois at Chicago ),

1763-400: The student body—over 9,000 boys—and faculty gathered at Wrigley Field and from there walked en masse several miles west to the new campus. (In 1983 and 2008, to celebrate the 75th and 100th anniversaries of the school, a march was held from the school to Wrigley Field.) Lane's huge student body necessitated that classes be held in three shifts. That year (1934), the school name was changed to

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1806-707: Was founded in 1908 and dedicated on Washington's Birthday in 1909, as the Albert Grannis Lane Manual Training High School . This building, designed by Board of Education Architect Dwight H. Perkins , stood at Sedgwick Avenue and Division Street . During the early years of the school's operation, the school was a manual training school for boys, where students could take advantage of a wide array of technical classes. Freshmen were offered carpentry , cabinet making, and wood turning. Sophomores received training in foundry , forge , welding , coremaking, and molding. Juniors could take classes in

1849-611: Was one of four panelists on the Fox News Channel show, Fox News Watch . On February 2, 2008, the show's host, Eric Burns , announced Gabler had left the show to work for PBS. In 2016 Gabler attracted commentary for his cover story in The Atlantic entitled "The Shame of Middle Class Americans", in which he described the precarious debt and financial difficulties of many middle and upper class Americans, and described in some detail his own financial insecurity. Gabler has taught at

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