Now that Hollywood appears to have wised up to the Asian market, could the critical acclaim and box-office success of “Crazy Rich Asians” inspire the industry to reconsider its treatment of other under- and misrepresented populations? It’s time — for…
You might ask yourself, “How is it so many very ignorant individuals also are so very arrogant?” And, you might also ask yourself, “How is it so many very arrogant individuals also are so very ignorant?“ Assuming you are neither…
If ageist individuals are fortunate enough, years from now the shoe will be on the other foot. They will learn to confront prejudice through personal experience with growing older. For everyone’s sake, there are practical ways — sooner than later…
Warning, the fear-mongering “silver tsunami” depiction of the rising older adult population is resurfacing. “[Democracies] are at risk from the intransigence of the old,” warns David Runciman, head of the political department at the University of Cambridge. Featured in Time…
What’s new in Hollywood? Not much you might think by watching year after year of wife-killer murder mysteries; rogue surgeons with god-complexes; rom-coms with could-be couples; singing and dancing competitions with hard-luck contestants; and reality series with rotating stars. The…
The opportunity may not be as dramatic as “Speak now or forever hold your peace,” but for some students one particular class assignment may have changed their lives. For most of us our high school years are remembered, for better…
There is proof that on rare occasions, an individual part can produce something equal to and sometimes even greater than the whole group, as it were. Here are 20 cases in point of addition by subtraction: Without The Drifters, Ben…
Hollywood is full of masterful manipulators, the behind-the-scenes operatives who are determined to control our hearts and minds and actions. Their battlefields are TV, film and streaming platforms, where they challenge viewers to believe the worlds they create, using nothing…
Do you believe things to be so? Do you think so? Or, do you know so? Hardly an existential exercise, this is the hierarchy of critical thinking — the absence of which explains why we are experiencing diminishing returns on…
The classic songs of despair, depression, loss and occasionally hope should come with a warning label: “CAUTION: Repeat listening may cause melancholy.” Although, these classics could make for a great pity party mixtape. “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel “Why”…
