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When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863—declaring enslaved people in the rebellious states “forever free” and opening the Union Army to black enlistment—Douglass and other skeptics were electrified.

But even a skeptic can’t deny the power of “Sinners,” which dominated the box office and cultural conversation for weeks following its April 18 release.

The Kentucky-raised skeptic with the long white hair doesn’t believe me when I express this.

Barkley, who had been the most vocal skeptic of leaving TNT for ESPN, seconded that sentiment, saying “I was nervous all day.”

Gold skeptics worry these prices would jump around unpredictably in response to changed supply and demand in the global gold market.